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AMA Press Release - 02/13/2013
AMA Honors Seven with Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service in Health Care
The AMA announced the recipients of its top government service honor in health care, the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service.
AMA Statement - 02/13/2013
AMA Statement on President’s State of the Union Address
The AMA agrees with President Obama that we must all work together to end senseless acts of gun violence in our nation and support our returning veterans with mental health care services.
American Medical News - 02/13/2013
AMA urges Supreme Court to ban pay-for-delay deals
The Association says the agreements extend patent monopolies on drugs and inflate health care costs.
JAMA - 02/13/2013
Maternal Folic Acid Supplements and Autism
To examine the association between maternal use of prenatal folic acid supplements and subsequent risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in children, Surén and coauthors assessed 85 175 children from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.
AMA President Blog - 02/12/2013
On the Road with AMA President, Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD
Planned cuts to graduate medical education funding must be stopped, Dr. Lazarus writes.
AMA Press Release - 02/12/2013
AMA Physicians Frame Conversation on Health Care Issues on Eve of State of the Union Address
The AMA gathered hundreds of physicians and medical students from around the nation together at the National Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C.
AMA Statement - 02/07/2013
AMA Statement in Support of Marilyn Tavenner for CMS Administrator
"The AMA strongly supports the nomination of Marilyn Tavenner as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services."
Medicare News Group - 02/06/2013
Guest Column from Dr. Lazarus, Ending SGR: The Time is Now
"The most fiscally responsible action Congress can take for Medicare is permanently repealing the SGR – and news this week from the CBO that the cost of doing so has dramatically decreased strengthens the opportunity for swift repeal."
AMA Statement - 02/06/2013
AMA Statement on Schwartz, Heck Bill to Repeal SGR
"The AMA thanks Rep. Allyson Schwartz and Rep. Joe Heck for their continued leadership and commitment to ending the failed Medicare physician payment formula known as the SGR."
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