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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America's Medical Society (AMS), the energetic, new non-profit corporation established to fight for patient and doctor rights, is on the move. With two new offices in San Diego and New Orleans, and a new slate of Board of Directors from across the country, AMS is expanding and adding strategic partners. America's Medical Society (AMS) is dedicated to a neutral, bi- partisan approach to improving the healthcare delivery system in America," says President (and Doctor) Adam F. Dorin. "This is our mission statement, and we mean it," adds Dorin.
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CHICAGO, April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Easter Seals, the American Medical Association (AMA) and LogistiCare today announced they are working together to conduct a study for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on the relationship between transportation access and health and wellness. The study findings are expected to be announced in late 2011. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110401/MM76153LOGO)
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ASCs Champion Industry-wide Commitment to Delivering Quality Outpatient Care WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As leading organizations representing the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) industry, we wish to address concerns raised in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) highlighting data from a 2008 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pilot study. The industry underscores its strong commitment to patient safety and its nationwide efforts to provide high-quality, patient-centered care at a low cost to the health care system.
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We can't just raise revenues. We're also going to have to make spending cuts, in part by examining inefficiencies in our current Medicare program. There are going to be robust debates about where these cuts should be made, and I welcome that debate. But here's where I think these cuts should be made: First, we should end overpayments to Medicare Advantage. Today, we're paying Medicare Advantage plans much more than we pay for traditional Medicare services.
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Anyone remotely interested in the relationship between today's traditional medicine and various forms of alternative medicine will be fascinated with Copeland's Cure: Homeopathy and the War Between Conventional and Alternative Medicine (Knopf, New York City; 352 pages; $24.95/hardcover). This well-written book by Natalie Robins combines two interrelated stories: the century-long struggle of homeopaths with the American Medical Association, and the fascinating life of Royal Copeland (1868-1938), at one time the leading proponent of homeopathy in the United States. Copeland's Cure details the bitter struggle for pre-eminence. Jealous of the money homeopathy took from established medicine, the AMA labeled homeopathy a "delusion and fraud" and maintained if it worked at all, it was due to s...
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Consider, for instance how well our mission fits within the aims of AMSA, found on a T-shirt they sell members: "Reclaiming the Ethics of Medicine" "Removing Conflicts of Interest" "Restoring the Sanctity of the Patient/Physician relationship" We could not have said it better-and note that they put 'patient' in front of physician. 2 Having something - anything -sensible for students to do upon arrival at the booth is important. [...] I'd like to thank the staff at Intact America for their work in putting this event together and hope that you will call on me and the other members of Doctors Opposing Circumcision to cooperate in our common mission in the future.
