Issue Briefs

AMGA's Public Policy & Political Affairs Department is currently concentrating advocacy efforts on the following priorities:

2008

• Chronic Care
• Electronic Prescribing
• Professional Medical Liability Trust
• Physicians' Quality Reporting Initiative
• Support for the Growth, Development and Formation of Organized Delivery Systems
• Sustainable Growth Rate

2007

• Chronic Care Proposal
• In-Office Imaging Reimbursement
• Professional Medical Liability Trust
• Sustainable Growth Rate
• Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 Bonus Payments and Quality Reporting
• Support for Formation, Growth and Development of Multi-Specialty Medical Group Practices

2006

• Chronic Care Model
• Health Information Technology
• In-Office Imaging Reimbursement Reductions
• Medical Liability Reform
• Professional Medical Liability Trust
• Sustainable Growth Rate for Medical Groups

2005

• Health Information Technology Loan Program
• HIT Exception in Fraud and Abuse Laws
• Hospitals' Tax-Exempt Status
• In-Office Ancillary Exemption
• Medical Liability Reform
• Physician Payment Update

2004

• Drug Discount Card
• Health Information Technology Funding
• Medical Liability
• Physician Fee Schedule
• Uninsured

2003

• Medical Liability Reform
• Medicare+Choice
• Medicare Physician Payment
• Medicare Reform

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