AAPS General Assembly, September 2006 Submitted by Mark Schiller, M.D. WHEREAS: patients frequently are aware only of the cost of an insurance company or health plan co-pay, or the government or private third-party reimbursement rate […]
AAPS General Assembly, September 2006 Submitted by Mark Schiller, M.D. WHEREAS: in many states, the state government is the largest consumer and purchaser of medical services and health insurance; WHEREAS: state-purchased medical plans and services, […]
AAPS General Assembly, September 2006 Submitted by Mark Schiller, M.D. WHEREAS: the federal government is the largest consumer and purchaser of medical services and health insurance; WHEREAS: federally-purchased medical plans and services, including Federal Employees […]
AAPS General Assembly, September 2006 Submitted by Robert Dolehide, M.D. and Chester Danehower, M.D. WHEREAS: there are many social, psychological, and health gains from abstaining from sexual activity outside of marriage; WHEREAS: abstinence is the […]
Volume 62, No. 9 September 2006 NONPAYMENT FOR NONCOMPLIANCE British patients with coronary artery disease or diabetes and blood pressure greater than 150/90 or 145/85, respectively, or with a stroke or TIAs and cholesterol greater […]
AAPS General Assembly, September 2006 Submitted by Gil Mileikowsky, M.D. WHEREAS: AAPS supports fair and unbiased peer review in the interest of improving the safety and quality of patient care, and; WHEREAS: the Health Care […]
September 13, 2006CONTACT: Kathryn Serkes 202 333 3855 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: [email protected] DOCTORS OPPOSE AMA EFFORTS TO HALT MEDICARE PAY CUTS �It�s NOT about the money� PHOENIX, AZ — A national physician association voted […]
Volume 62, No. 8 August 2006 DATA MINING The problems bedeviling American medicine are well understood, writes the general manager of health care and life services for IBM. Costs are growing faster than revenues, and […]
Volume 61, No. 11 November 2005 GOVERNMENT “HELP” Hurricane Katrina not only devastated the Gulf Coast, but could be used to batter down still more of the American economy and Americans’ civil liberties if the […]
Volume 61, No. 10 October 2005 PAYING FOR MEDICAL CARE There are two ways to obtain medical care: (1) use your own resources to buy it or (2) get someone else to buy it for […]
