AMA announced policies adopted on final day of Special Meeting

Jun 17, 2021 at 12:27 pm by Staff

The American Medical Association (AMA) announced policies adopted by physician and medical student leaders from all corners of medicine on the final day of the Special Meeting.... Read More

NHC ACQUIRES OUTSTANDING INTEREST IN CARIS HEALTHCARE

Jun 17, 2021 at 10:06 am by Staff

National Healthcare Corporation (NYSE American: NHC), a national leader in senior care, acquired the remaining interest in hospice and palliative care provider Caris Healthcar.... Read More

AMA Adopts New Policy to Better Diagnose and Treat Long-haul COVID-19

Jun 17, 2021 at 09:53 am by Staff

With millions of people in the United States experiencing post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), also known as long-haul COVID, and millions more expected to suff.... Read More

AMA Endorses Guidelines for Federal Policymakers Pondering Vaccine Mandates and Credentials

Jun 17, 2021 at 09:52 am by Staff

Wading into the contentious issues of vaccine mandates and vaccine credentials, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policy that calls for strong protections for pri.... Read More

UPDATE: UnitedHealthcare Policy on Emergency Coverage

Jun 17, 2021 at 12:00 am by Staff

Since AHA and ACEP both released statements in response to UnitedHealthcare's policy announcement that would allow for retroactive emergency-level care denials, the insurer ha.... Read More

ACEP Condemns UnitedHealthcare's New Policy to Retroactively Deny Emergency Care

Jun 17, 2021 at 12:00 am by Staff

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) strongly condemns the dangerous decision by UnitedHealthcare to retroactively deny emergency care claims. ACEP firmly belie.... Read More

AMA Adopts Guidelines that Confront Systemic Racism in Medicine

Jun 16, 2021 at 10:08 am by Staff

The nation's physicians and medical students continue to acknowledge the realities of structural racism in medicine by adding to policy that informs the American Medical Assoc.... Read More

Gerald E. Harmon, M.D., Inaugurated as 176th president of the AMA

Jun 15, 2021 at 06:15 pm by Staff

Gerald E. Harmon, M.D., a family medicine physician from Pawleys Island, S.C., will be sworn in today as the 176th president of the American Medical Association (AMA), the nat.... Read More

Caregiver Action Network Announces New Resource for Families of Loved Ones with Heart Failure

Jun 15, 2021 at 01:06 pm by Staff

Hearing that a loved one has been diagnosed with heart failure brings fear, stress, and a whole lot of questions. Caregiver Action Network has developed a new resource, the He.... Read More

Severe blood shortage: Donors needed now to address delays in patient care

Jun 15, 2021 at 01:00 pm by Staff

The American Red Cross is experiencing a severe blood shortage as the number of trauma cases, organ transplants and elective surgeries rise - and deplete the nation's blood in.... Read More