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Statement attributable to:
J. James Rohack, MD
President, AMA
“The AMA commends former Senators Baker, Daschle and Dole for their
leadership on health system reform. We have a historic opportunity this year
to provide all Americans with affordable, high-quality health coverage. The
AMA is committed to covering the uninsured and improving the health system
so that it works better for patients and physicians.
To help physicians optimize patient care, new innovative payment approaches
that focus on care coordination and disease management are needed. The former
senators recognize that permanent Medicare payment reform must be part of
health reform, saying in their proposal that ‘the SGR as implemented
today impedes efforts to reform Medicare reimbursement to provide incentives
for high-quality, high-value care.’
Other key elements of reform highlighted in the proposal include promoting
greater adoption of health IT, quality measurement and medical liability reform.
The AMA is actively engaged and will work with Congress and the administration
to achieve meaningful health reform this year.”
About the American Medical Association
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nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues.
Working together, the AMA's quarter of a million physician and medical student
members are playing an active role in shaping the future of medicine. For
more information on the AMA, please visit www.ama-assn.org.
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