Uninsured are more than just numbers The count of people without health insurance is growing, but the bigger issue is a lack of access to affordable coverage.
- Oct. 5
Ending unequal treatment The Commission to End Health Care Disparities is uniting physicians and others to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities.
- Sept. 21
Medicare reform's first step: Revise physician pay formula The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed removing Part B drug costs from the Medicare physician pay formula, a move physicians have been pushing since 2002.
- Aug. 10
Building solid medical homes In this emerging model of health care, the AMA has focused on outlining the essential elements of providing the best care and the fairest funding.
- July 20
The $2 trillion savings plan The AMA and other essential health care stakeholders make a pledge on savings to make health system reform possible.
- June 1
Help for physicians on Medicare deadlines CMS is making it tougher for doctors to enroll or update Medicare information. An AMA resource lets members cut through red tape.
- May 18
A win for physician data privacy A federal appeals court agrees that allowing raw Medicare claims data to be posted online would hurt doctors and patients.
- March 9
Commentary about the stimulus plan and health care President Obama's stimulus package directs billions to health care, including incentives to encourage doctors to adopt health information technology.
- March 2
What editorial writers are saying about the birth of octuplets When Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets, her case caused an ethics uproar. Fertility organizations want to look at the doctor's actions but oppose more regulation. The media had varied reactions.
- Feb. 23
AMA's enhanced Web site The Association retooled its site to provide physicians with easier access to a wide range of professional resources.
- Feb. 16
Reprieve on ICD-10 The AMA and other organizations succeeded in winning a more reasonable deadline to implement a complex new code set.
- Feb. 9
United agreements: Fair payments ahead UnitedHealth Group agrees to bring out-of-network rate calculations into the sunlight as well as pay back some of those physicians who were underpaid.
- Feb. 2
Vital need for improving teen health care A recent report draws attention to the urgency of addressing the challenges of providing continuing medical care to this age group.
- Jan. 19
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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