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American Medical News - 09/14/2012
Many hospitals recruiting doctors continually
Experts say physicians may want to contact health care institutions even if there is not a job listing that's an obvious fit.
AMA Press Release - 09/12/2012
New Report Finds That Sequester of Medicare Spending Could Lead to More Than 750,000 Jobs Lost
A new report found up to 766,000 health care and related jobs could be lost by 2021 as a result of the 2 percent sequester of Medicare spending mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011.
AMA Wire - 09/12/2012
Webinar to explain how to navigate Medicare and Medicaid audits
Physicians can learn what they need to know about the growing number of audits conducted under the Medicare and Medicaid programs by participating in an AMA webinar at noon Eastern time Sept. 19. Read more in AMA Wire.
JAMA - 09/12/2012
Improved STEMI Survival
In a comparison of 4 national French registries of a single month for the years 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010, Danchin and coauthors tracked survival rates among patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction to determine whether factors other than reperfusion therapy contributed to improved survival rates.
AMA President Blog - 09/11/2012
On the Road with AMA President, Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD
Dr. Lazarus writes about ways to help patients understand how the Affordable Care Act affects them.
AMA Press Release - 08/24/2012
AMA Promotes JAMA Patient Page to Educate Public on West Nile Virus Outbreak
In response to the West Nile virus outbreak, the AMA is offering a free resource from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) to help the public and physicians obtain more information about the virus.
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