Tag: AMA
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STUDY: Prior Authorization Hurdles Have Led to Serious Adverse Events
FEB 5, 2019 CHICAGO — More than one-quarter of physicians surveyed, about 28 percent, report the prior authorization process required by health insurers for certain drugs, tests and treatments have led to serious or life-threatening events for their patients, according to new survey results released by the American Medical Association. The AMA survey of 1,000 practicing physicians…
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Alabama Physicians Attend AMA Meeting in Chicago to Discuss State of Health Care
Pictured from left in the back are Dr. Buddy Smith Jr., Dr. Jefferson Underwood and Dr. Jerry Harrison. In front from left are Dr. Steven Furr, Medical Student Delegate Hannah Ficarino from the University of South Alabama, Dr. Jorge Alsip and Dr. John Meigs. During the AMA’s Annual Meeting held June 8-13, 2018, the House…
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Metro Areas Increasingly Dominated by Single Insurance Companies
In an analysis of competition in health insurance markets across the U.S., a study conducted by the American Medical Association found that in 169 of 389 metropolitan areas (43 percent), a single health insurer had at least a 50 percent share of the market. This represents an eight percent increase in such markets over just…
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Medical Association Joins AMA for Release of Opioid Education and Resource Toolbox
BIRMINGHAM – The Medical Association and the American Medical Association partnered in the development and release of a toolbox of data, education and other resources to aid physicians in their continued fight against Alabama’s epidemic of prescription drug misuse, overdose and death. The toolbox was released in a press conference during the Association’s November Opioid…
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Statement Opposing VA Proposed Rule on APRNs
Alabama Delegation Supports AMA Resolution Opposing Proposed VA Rule UPDATE June 16, 2016: This week at the AMA Meeting the Association’s AMA Delegation joined others in support of a resolution opposing the proposed Department of Veterans Affairs rule that would expand the role of all Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, including nurse anesthetists. The AMA resolution…