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AMA news briefsFrom: DoctorJoe@aol.comFri Feb 9 06:16:17 2001
FYI Joe P. AMA E-MAIL NEWS BRIEFS, FEBRUARY 9, 2001 This e-mail news summary offers concise medical news and information as a service exclusively for AMA members. More in-depth coverage of featured subjects can be found by clicking on links under selected topics. Please note that not all e-mail software will recognize all links. You may need to copy a link and paste it into your Web browser to view it properly. To see the Web HTML version of this week's briefs, go to http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/priv/article/1827-3856.html In this issue: 1. AMA tells Congress: Break the gridlock, pass patients' rights legislation now 2. AMA voices support for refundable tax credits to patients 3. Online compliance tutorial addresses hospital-based physicians 4. National Donor Day coming up this Saturday 5. Nominations sought for AMA-YPS Community Service Award To unsubscribe from this service or update your e-mail address, follow the instructions at the bottom of the page. * * * * * * * * * * * * 1. AMA tells Congress: Break the gridlock, pass patients' rights legislation now The AMA this week announced its strong support for the compromise bipartisan patients' rights legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Urging lawmakers to break through gridlock and pass the bills swiftly, AMA Board Chair D. Ted Lewers, MD, said, "This is Congress' first big chance on the health care front to prove that they can deliver what voters have been telling them they want for years." The legislation is a modified version of a bill that overwhelmingly passed the House in 1999 with 275 votes after an intense campaign by the AMA. Read the full story at http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1611-3832.html * * * * * * * * * * * * 2. AMA voices support for refundable tax credits to patients Individual ownership of health insurance gives patients more control of their health care decisions, AMA President Randolph D. Smoak Jr., MD, told the Los Angeles Times in a recent letter. The letter was written in response to an editorial about Families USA and Health Insurance Associations of America's joint plan to cover the uninsured, which includes a focus on refundable tax credits to employers. The AMA, on the other hand, calls for tax credits to individuals. Support for refundable tax credits is just part of the AMA's plan to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage. Read Dr. Smoak's letter at http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/3289-3809.html * * * * * * * * * * * * 3. Online compliance tutorial addresses hospital-based physicians The AMA members-only Compliance Interactive Tutorial System fraud and abuse educational tool now is offering its sixth module, "Hospital-based Physicians." The online module provides physicians with a basic understanding of two compliance risk areas relating to hospital-based physicians: (1) proper billing of services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) anti-kickback concerns. These two areas of risk may result in substantial penalties for both hospital-based physicians and hospitals. Go to the tutorial at http://www.ama-assn.org/members/cits/hpmod.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * 4. National Donor Day coming up this Saturday The AMA and 15 public health organizations are joining the Saturn Corporation to raise awareness of National Donor Day, which will be held this Saturday, Feb. 10. The event aims to alleviate the nation's "desperate need for increased organ and tissue donation." On Donor Day, Saturn's 437 retailers will be holding blood drives and adding people to the list of organ and tissue donors. More than 25,000 units of blood were collected in the three previous national donor days. Learn more at http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2231.html * * * * * * * * * * * * 5. Nominations sought for AMA-YPS Community Service Award The AMA Young Physicians Section (AMA-YPS) invites you to submit nominations for the 2001 AMA-YPS Community Service Award. The awards aim to recognize and encourage excellence in community service activities carried out by young physicians. The AMA-YPS Governing Council will select the award recipients based on criteria including the physician's positive effect on a given community or population. The AMA-YPS represents physicians under age 40 who are no longer residents or fellows - or physicians of any age within their first five years of professional practice. For more information, including nomination forms, go to http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2390.html Nominations are due May 1. * * * * * * * * * * * * FEEDBACK Do you have an opinion about these topics that you would like to share with your colleagues and elected leaders? Visit the Members-Only Discussion Forums at http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/priv/category/1728.html Please send any questions or comments about the format of AMA E-mail News Briefs to maricris_briones@ama-assn.org. TO UPDATE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS for the AMA E-mail News Briefs go to http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2276.html TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send an e-mail with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to unsubscribe-AMAMemberMail@unity.ama-assn.org * * * * * * * * * * * * AMA E-MAIL NEWS BRIEFS, AMA MEMBERS-ONLY INFORMATION Editor: Maricris Briones AMA Members-Only Editor: Patrick Scott AMA Members-Only Web site: http://www.ama-assn.org/members.htm AMA Member Service Center: 800-262-3211
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