Highlights from AMA’s 2015 House of Delegates The American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates tackled a diverse set of resolutions this year that are of interest to California physicians, including medical-only exemptions from school vaccination requirements, electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use, ICD-10 implementation, Medicaid rates and opioid abuse. July 14, 2015 AMA AMA House of Delegates, EHR, vaccination 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS and AMA Announce Joint Efforts to Help with ICD-10 Transition The American Medical Association and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) jointly announced that agreement has been reached on important elements of a “grace period” for the October 1, 2015, implementation of the ICD-10 diagnosis code set. July 6, 2015 AMA, Practice Management ICD-10, ICD-10 grace period 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Applauds Leader Pelosi for HR 1470 - Bipartisan SGR Repeal Package SFMS Applauds Leader Pelosi for HR 1470 - Bipartisan SGR Repeal Package. SFMS and the California Medical Association fully support the SGR bill, the funding framework, and CHIP extension. March 20, 2015 Advocacy, AMA, CMA, Medicare, Payment, Politics and Medicine SGR, HR 1470, Nancy Pelosi, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physician groups Urge CMS to Create Contingency Plans for ICD-10 Transition The California Medical Association (CMA), American Medical Association (AMA), and 98 other state and specialty societies urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to put contingency plans in place for the October transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 to avoid possible failures that could result in significant disruptions for physicians and Medicare patients. March 6, 2015 AMA, CMA ICD-10 0 0 Comment Read More »
Ebola Resource Center for Physicians and the Public The American Medical Association (AMA) has set up a resource center with resources developed by Ebola experts for patients and physicians. October 15, 2014 AMA, Physician Resource Ebola, health advisory 0 0 Comment Read More »
