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Member Groups (Sections) Medical Students

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Med College of Wisconsin wins latest Event of the Month Award

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Mini-Med School Day event earned the school the latest AMA Section Involvement Grant (SIG) Event of the Month award.

Public Health Prevention & Wellness

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Keep a Million Hearts healthy with hypertension resources

Help more Americans get their blood pressure under control with the Million Hearts initiative, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services program that aims to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes over five years. 

Practice Management Payment & Delivery Models

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Model tests comprehensive care physicians and high-risk patients

A new idea being tested at the University of Chicago is targeting high-risk patients with comprehensive care physicians. Physicians are assigned patients identified as being at high risk for hospitalization and follow them through inpatient, outpatient and home care settings

About Leadership

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AMA membership increases three straight years: Annual report

AMA membership has risen for three years in a row, according to the association’s 2013 Annual Report. The annual report also notes key accomplishments and important highlights from 2013. 

About Ethics

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Aging adults present "new breed of patients," ethical concerns

What are some of the special ethical considerations raised in providing medical care for aging baby boomers? The May issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal, takes a look at such issues as patient concerns at end of life, social responsibility for the elderly and rationing of care.

Practice Management Payment & Delivery Models

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Multi-hospital systems may now have one integrated medical staff

A multi-hospital system can now have a single integrated medical staff, rather than requiring a separate medical staff at each hospital, under a final rule (AMA login required) issued last week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Practice Management Claims Processing

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3 things physicians can do to avoid high virtual credit card fees

If your practice accepts virtual credit card payments from health plans, you may be losing a significant amount of your contractual payments to high interchange fees. Fortunately, there are three steps you can take to make sure you aren’t paying unnecessary charges.

About Board of Trustees

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AMA president, president-elect among 50 most influential physician execs

AMA President Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, and AMA President-elect Robert M. Wah, MD, along with 19 more AMA members, have been recognized by Modern Healthcare magazine as two of the nation’s 50 most influential physician executives in health care for 2014.