“Proof of concept” medical home studies using a before-and-after methodology have come under criticism recently by some researchers, but even some critics acknowledge there is still nontraditional value to be found in some of the reports they generated.
One of those critics is Dr. David Meyers, director of the Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships at HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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The American Medical Association has found a friend. After a string of high-profile guests appeared before the AMA's National Advocacy Conference this week in Washington, Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) was the first to tell anyone.
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The trend continues where high-profile guests show up at American Medical Association meetings, but don't tell anyone about it.
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There was excitement in some circles when it was announced that the American Geriatrics Society was given a permanent seat on the Medicare payment advisory panel known as the RUC. But it also opened up the potential for unpleasant interaction between older folks learning how to use social media to disseminate news and younger generations using it to transmit the transient thoughts that randomly pop in their heads.
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As someone who has Googled "AMGA" in search of the American Medical Group Association only to find the American Meat Goat Association's website instead, I know that acronyms used in healthcare are not unique to the world of medicine.
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The American Medical Association's Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee, also known as RUC, appears to be listening to its critics. But whether it's doing enough to hold on to its Medicare payment advisory role is another question.
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