AMA Honors U.S. Representative Allyson Schwartz With Top Government Service Award
February 15, 2012 08:10 ET | American Medical Association
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Representative Allyson Schwartz was honored with the American Medical Association's (AMA) top government service award, the Dr. Nathan Davis Award....
AMA Honors U.S. Senator Stabenow With Award for Outstanding Government Service
February 15, 2012 08:07 ET | American Medical Association
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) was honored with the American Medical Association's (AMA) top government service award for elected officials, the Dr....
AMA Unveils Improved Practice Management Website
January 11, 2012 14:40 ET | American Medical Association
CHICAGO, Jan. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) today unveiled a redesigned website for its Practice Management Center, featuring a new layout that is easier to...
AMA Statement on Two-Month Delay of Medicare Physician Payment Cut
December 22, 2011 18:40 ET | American Medical Association
CHICAGO, Dec. 22, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statement attributable to: Peter W. Carmel, M.D., President, American Medical Association "With this brief reprieve from the massive 27 percent cut to...
AMA Adopts New Policies During Final Day of Semi-Annual Meeting
November 15, 2011 11:20 ET | American Medical Association
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician organization, voted today during the closing session of its semi-annual...
AMA Supports Allowing Research on Organ Transplantation Between HIV-Infected Individuals
November 14, 2011 20:35 ET | American Medical Association
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) today voted to support amending a federal law that bars clinical research of HIV-infected organ donation, as a...
AMA Adopts New Policy to Combat National Drug Shortages at Semi-Annual Policy-Making Meeting
November 14, 2011 20:09 ET | American Medical Association
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician group, today adopted policy to combat national drug shortages that threaten...
AMA Meets This Week to Shape National Advocacy Agenda
November 09, 2011 12:56 ET | American Medical Association
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The nation's broadest democratic assembly of physicians will gather in New Orleans on Nov. 12 to shape the health care agenda of the American Medical...
AMA Interim Meeting Begins November 12 in New Orleans
October 31, 2011 15:28 ET | American Medical Association
Semi-Annual Policy-Making Meeting Will Shape AMA Advocacy Agenda CHICAGO, Oct. 31, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Physician leaders will gather in New Orleans to shape the future advocacy agenda of the...
New AMA Study Finds Anti-Competitive Conditions Exist in 4 of 5 U.S. Health Insurance Markets
October 25, 2011 11:06 ET | American Medical Association
CHICAGO, Oct. 25, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new analysis from the American Medical Association (AMA) notes that four out of five metropolitan areas in the United States lack a competitive commercial...