MINNEAPOLIS, June 30, 2008—In the wake of the failure of the U.S. Senate to pass H.R. 6331, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an administrative order to stop the promised 10.6 percent Medicare physician reimbursement cut for 10 days.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 30, 2008—The American Medical Association released a statement laying bare some of the misleading assumptions about the effects on Medicare Advantage by H.R. 6331.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 30, 2008—The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services has announced it will give Congress 10 more days, until July 10, to do something about the Medicare reimbursement mess.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 27, 2008—The American Medical Association released a statement in the wake of the failure of the U.S. Senate by a single vote to pass H.R. 6331.

MINNEAPOLIS. June 25, 2008—Nancy Nielsen, M.D. , newly elected president of the American Medical Association, has called on the U.S. Senate to take action this week to pass H.R. 6331, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, passed Tuesday by the House of Representatives.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 17, 2008—The Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago June 14-17 brought together large numbers of physician members, including a delegation from the MMA, led by Frank Indihar, M.D., who returned to Minnesota inspired and energized.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 16, 2008—The leading topics of discussion at the American Medical Association Annual Meeting in Chicago this week is preventing Medicare payment cuts that would limit access to care for seniors, and the AMA's proposal to expand health coverage to every American, regardless of income or health status.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 16, 2008—The Minnesota Medical Association delegation to the American Medical Association joined with other state and specialty society delegations in signing a letter to all senators about the current crisis in Medicare physician payment cuts—with the message that Congress has to break through this legislative gridlock and get the job done.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 11, 2008—The newest issue of AMA Therapeutic Insights focuses on gaining control of asthma in children.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 5, 2008—A representative of the AMA told a congressional subcommittee how Congress might overcome current barriers to the adoption of an interoperable, connected HIT system.