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Ethics

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Doctors debate care continuity, competence at ethics forum

Physicians had the chance to share their opinions on continuity of care in complex health care systems and the ethical obligation to provide competent care during an open forum of the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA).

Ethics

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Physicians vote to exercise conscience in medical care

Physicians voted in favor of new policies during the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting in Dallas, focusing on physicians’ exercise of conscience and physician civil discourse. Also adopted was policy outlined in a report by the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs on physicians’ exercise of conscience.

AMA PRA Credit System

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AMA adopts principles for maintenance of certification

Physicians voted to update the AMA’s policy on maintenance of certification (MOC) during the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting in Dallas. The adopted policy outlines principles that emphasize the need for an evidence-based process that is evaluated regularly to ensure physician needs are being met and activities are relevant to clinical practice.

Medicare & Medicaid

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Delegates ask for suspension of meaningful use penalties

At the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting, delegates renewed their request that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services suspend penalties for failure to meet meaningful use criteria. The new policy comes on the heels of the recent release of new attestation numbers showing only 2 percent of physicians have demonstrated Stage 2 meaningful use so far this year.

Infectious Diseases

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Watch on demand: How to fight Ebola in the U.S.

Watch Arjun Srinivasan, MD, an expert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and captain in the U.S. Public Health Service, discuss how physicians can prepare for and manage Ebola patients in hospital and ambulatory care settings.

Medicare & Medicaid

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Lawmakers say SGR repeal closer than ever

Congress is closer than ever to passing broadly supported legislative policy that would eliminate Medicare’s flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula—and a permanent solution would come not a moment too soon.

Prevention & Wellness

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How one physician is helping stop diabetes among her patients

A family practice physician participating in a diabetes prevention screening pilot is seeing how standardization in treatment can help patients stop the progress of prediabetes. 

Senior Physicians

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Med school deans, faculty debate policy: AMA-SMS meeting highlights

At the 2014 Interim Meeting of the AMA Section on Medical Schools (SMS), participants, comprising deans and faculty from a wide range of medical schools nationwide, voiced their opinions and reached decisions on several reports and resolutions to be acted upon by delegates at the AMA Interim Meeting in Dallas.