AMNews Interim Meeting '98 coverage

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Jan. 11 - AMA collection of physician income data still a concern

Jan. 4 - Delegates seek help with collective bargaining
Jan. 4 - HCFA to end use of "not medically necessary"
Jan. 4 - Delegates' ire piqued by nonexpert witnesses
Jan. 4 - Caution urged on unaccredited medical schools
Jan. 4 - How to attract and keep young members
Jan. 4 - Doctors start their own organ donor push

Dec. 28 - House cements E&M opposition
Dec. 28 - Delegates seek help against fraud control tactics
Dec. 28 - AMA will take part in lab-test rulemaking
Dec. 28 - Applause for AMAP accreditation
Dec. 28 - OMSS supports mandating physician involvement
Dec. 28 - AMA budgets survives Sunbeam costs
Dec. 28 - Concerns about the tobacco settlement

Dec. 21 - Delegates endorse AMA revamp
Dec. 21 - Ethics forum debates prisoners as donors
Dec. 21 - IMG report details academic discrimination
Dec. 21 - Residents get tips on forming housestaff groups
Dec. 21 - AMA president focuses on access to care

Dec. 14 - Concerns over FSMB oversight proposals
Dec. 14 - Anecdotal reports on Medicare audits
Dec. 14 - Extended comment time on ambulatory surgery pay
Dec. 14 - 261 of 370 doctors get AMAP accreditation

Dec. 7 - PROs aim to curb payment errors
Dec. 7 - Task force urges AMA revamp

Nov. 23/30 - Specialists sue over Medicare practice expense rule

Vote refines AMA stance on health reform
The AMA House of Delegates rejected attempts to rescind support of a U.S. House health reform bill and any new government-sponsored health insurance plan during the 2009 Interim Meeting.
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