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Abrams, Frederick R: Isaac Hays, MD, and John American Medical Association, See also Board
Bell, MD, Award for Leadership in Medical of Trustees - AMA; Constitution and Bylaws
Ethics and Professionalism, 2-3 - AMA; Councils and Committees - AMA;
Accreditation, See Credentialing; Joint Executive Vice President - AMA; Finances -
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare AMA; House of Delegates; Meetings -
Organizations; Licensure AMA; Membership - AMA; Officers -
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: access AMA; President - AMA; names of specific
to rapid HIV testing, 265-267 councils, committees and sections: core
Adolescence: Internet pornography, 44-48; values, 93;
teen and young adult suicide, 267-272; inter-specialty dispute resolution, 36-38;
violence prevention in schools, 284 mission and vision, 93-94;
Advocacy - AMA: national health care policy Prescribing Data Restriction Program opt-
agenda, 283-284, 285; out, 283;
positive 2007 Medicare physician payment race/ethnicity data, 96-98;
update, 98-101 smoke-free hotels, facilities for AMA
Affirmative Action, See Discrimination meetings, 283;
Aging, See also Medicare: AMA strategic plan Social Security number use, 35-36;
and, 89-90 sustainable, 92-93;
AIDS, See Acquired Immunodeficiency year 2007 budget, 86;
Syndrome year 2007 strategic plan, 86-93
Air Pollution: mercury emissions, 259-264; American Medical Political Action Committee:
NAAQS ozone standard, 287 board of directors report, 20-21;
Alcohol: parity for treatment of mental illness board of directors expansion, 282-283
and substance use disorders, 297 American Society for Gastrointestinal
Alliance - AMA, See AMA Alliance Endoscopy: House of Delegates
Allied Health Professions: medical board representation, five-year review, 94-96
oversight of mid-level practitioners, 295 American Society for Surgery of the Hand:
Alternative Medicine: naturopath licensure, 25- House of Delegates representation, five-year
28 review, 94-96
AMA, See American Medical Association American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and
AMA Alliance: remarks of the president, 18-19 Oncology: House of Delegates
AMA Foundation: Award for Health Education: representation, five-year review, 94-96
Alice Tolbert Coombs, 2; American Society of Cytopathology: House of
remarks of the president, 19-20 Delegates representation, five-year review,
AMA Medal of Valor, See Medal of Valor - 94-96
AMA American Society of Plastic Surgeons: House of
Ambulatory Care: AQA open processes, 289- Delegates representation, five-year review,
290; 94-96
certificate-of-need laws, 292; American Urological Association: House of
home sedation of children undergoing Delegates representation, five-year review,
outpatient procedures, 288; 94-96
physician-owned facilities, 292 AMPAC, See American Medical Political Action
Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance: 289-290 Committee
American Academy of Insurance Medicine: Anesthesiology: home sedation of children
House of Delegates representation, five-year undergoing outpatient procedures, 288
review, 94-96 Annual Meeting - AMA, See Meetings - AMA
American Academy of Sleep Medicine: House of Antitrust: fair valuation of physician services, 57-
Delegates representation, five-year review, 60
94-96 Articles of Incorporation - AMA: amendments,
American Association of Naturopathic 188
Physicians: 25-28
320
Association of American Medical Colleges: Children, See also Adolescence: home sedation
race/ethnicity data, 96-98 for outpatient procedures, 288;
Association of Military Surgeons of the United Internet pornography, 44-48;
States: House of Delegates representation, violence prevention in schools, 284
five-year review, 94-96 Cigarettes, See Tobacco
Awards and Grants - AMA: AMA Foundation Citation for Distinguished Service: Joanne A.
Award for Health Education, 2; Zeis, 1
AMA Medal of Valor, 1-2; Citizenship Documentation, See Emigration and
Benjamin Rush Award for Citizenship and Immigration
Community Service, 2; Clinical Performance Evaluation, See
bylaws revisions, 187; Performance Measurement
Citation for Distinguished Service, 1; Collections, See Fees and Reimbursement
Distinguished Service Award, 1; Commerce: HIPAA business associates and
Isaac Hays, MD, and John Bell, MD, Award outsourcing, 73-75
for Leadership in Medical Ethics and Communication: informed consent, CEJA
Professionalism, 2-3; opinion amended, 199-200;
Medical Executive Lifetime Achievement withholding from or delaying information to
Award, 2; patients (therapeutic privilege), 199, 200
Medical Executive Meritorious Achievement Competition - Economic, See Economics -
awards, 2; Medical
President's Citation for Service to the Public, Computers: EMRs/EHRs provided to physicians
2; by hospitals and health systems, 294;
William Beaumont Award in Medicine, 2 improvements to reporting clinical lab
results, 69-73;
Bell Award, See Isaac Hays, MD, and John Bell, Internet pornography, 44-48;
MD, Award for Leadership in Medical Ethics principles for EMR and claims data
and Professionalism collection, use and warehousing, 250-258
Benjamin Rush Award for Citizenship and Conferences, See Meetings - AMA
Community Service: David F. Der, 2 Confidentiality: HIPAA business associates and
Bioidentical Hormone Preparations, See Drugs outsourcing, 73-75;
Biomedical Research, See Research HIPAA minimum necessary claims data, 85,
Blepharoplasty, See Plastic Surgery 86;
Board of Trustees - AMA, See also Officers - industry representatives in clinical settings,
AMA: at-large members, 103; 207-210;
bylaws revisions, 131-142; legal requirements and physician obligations
compensation report, 273-277; in disclosure, 210-212;
emergency conditions, 189-190; medical student Social Security and Medical
former members as ex officio delegates, 317; Education numbers, 35-36
members listed, 302; Conflicts of Interest, See Ethics - Medical
public member term of office, 194; Congress, See Legislation and Regulation; US
reports, 24-101; Congress
revisions to AMA constitution, 102-103; Constitution and Bylaws - AMA: amendments,
Young Physician Trustee qualifications, 108 revisions to bylaws, 108-190;
Budget - AMA, See Finances - AMA Board of Trustees public member's term of
Bylaws - AMA, See Constitution and Bylaws - office, 194;
AMA emergency conditions, 189-190;
"Federal Services" term as used in bylaws,
Carmel, Peter W: remarks of AMA Foundation 108;
president, 19-20 House of Delegates representation,
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society: moratorium on five-year review, 192-193;
expert witness testimony pilot program, 28- Resident and Fellow Section representation
30 in House of Delegates, 195-196;
revisions to constitution, 102-107;
321
Section Medical Schools membership Data Collection: electronic medical records and
category, 191; insurance claims, 250-258;
specialty society minimum number for House statistics on denied claims, authorization
of Delegates representation, 197-198; waiting times, etc., 285-286
Young Physician Trustee qualifications, 108 Data - Health Care, See Confidentiality; Medical
Constitution and Bylaws, Council on: reports, Records
102-198 Decision Making: informed consent, CEJA
Consultation and Referral: specialty hospital opinion amended, 199-200;
ownership by physicians, 203-205; withholding from or delaying information to
tiered, narrow or restricted physician patients (therapeutic privilege), 199, 200
networks, 288-289, 292 Delegates - AMA, See House of Delegates
Consumers: AMA strategic plan and, 91; Denser, Clarence H. Jr: memorial resolution, 278
individually owned health insurance, choice Der, David F: Benjamin Rush Award for
and responsibility, 243-246 Citizenship and Community Service, 2
Continuing Medical Education, See Education - Dermatochalasis, See Plastic Surgery
Medical - Continuing Devices - Medical, See Equipment
Contracts: "all products" clauses, 299; Diagnosis: access to rapid HIV testing, 265-267;
annual review of third-party payer contracts, freedom of practice in medical imaging, 289;
292; improvements to reporting clinical lab
EMRs/EHRs provided to physicians by results, 69-73;
hospitals and health systems, 294; Medicare imaging cuts, 299;
Medicare Advantage, deemed participation practice of medicine, 295
and misleading marketing, 287-288; Diet, See Foods and Nutrition
physician ownership of claims data, 79-86 Disabilities: strategies to enhance physician
Convention Committee on Rules and Credentials, workforce diversity, 213-220
See Rules and Credentials, Convention Disasters: AMA strategic plan and, 90;
Committee on bridge income for physicians during, 299;
Coombs, Alice Tolbert: AMA Foundation Award federal public health disaster intervention
for Health Education, 2 team, 55-57;
Costs: Medicare imaging cuts, 299; liability protection for care during, 284;
prescription benefit cost sharing, 291 physician identification in emergencies, 65-
Councils and Committees - AMA, See also 69
names of specific councils, e.g., Medical Discrimination: strategies to enhance physician
Education, Council on: bylaws revisions, workforce diversity, 213-220
143-158; Disparities, See Health Care Accessibility
members of, listed, 302-303; Dispute Resolution: 36-38
reference committee members listed, 23 Distinguished Service Award: William Craig
CPT: evaluation and management services, 230- Vanderwagen, 1
233; Diversity, See Ethnic Groups
fixed reimbursement for laboratory services, Dr. Benjamin Rush Award for Citizenship and
230-233; Community Service, See Benjamin Rush
postoperative care, coordination of care, 233- Award for Citizenship and Community
237 Service
Credentialing: economic, and pay for Dr. William Beaumont Award, See William
performance, 300 Beaumont Award in Medicine
Credentials Committee, See Rules and Drug Abuse: parity for treatment of mental
Credentials, Committee on illness and substance use disorders, 297
Credit and Collections, See Fees and Drugs: AMA Prescribing Data Restriction
Reimbursement Program opt-out, 283;
Crime: medical care provided to undocumented bioidentical hormone preparations, 286;
immigrants, 300 changes in formularies and copayments, 296;
Current Procedural Terminology, See CPT conscientious refusal to fill legal
prescriptions, 76-79;
322
counterfeit, 286; Centers of Excellence Program, 293;
FDA-approved patient information Health Careers Opportunities Program, 293;
brochures, 296; Higher Education Act reauthorization, 32-34;
formularies for Medicare-Medicaid dual- "pipeline" (postbaccalaureate, preparatory)
eligible patients, 287; programs for underrepresented groups, 215-
health plan treatment of specialty 216;
pharmaceuticals, 237-242; strategies to enhance physician workforce
home sedation of children undergoing diversity, 213-220;
outpatient procedures, 288; transformation of, 92
hospital pharmacist review of first dose Education - Medical - Graduate, See also
medication, 289; Resident Physicians: future of emergency
industry representatives in clinical settings, and trauma care, 60-65;
207-210; strategies to enhance physician workforce
liability protection for FDA-approved drugs, diversity, 213-220;
296; surgical workforce crisis, 297
placebo use in clinical practice, 205-207; Education - Support: Centers of Excellence
prescription benefit cost sharing, 291 Program, 293;
Health Careers Opportunities Program, 293;
Economic Competition, See Economics - strategies to enhance physician workforce
Medical diversity, 213-220
Economics - Medical, See also Cost Control; Electronic Health Records, See Medical Records
Fees and Reimbursement; Medicaid; Emergency Management Assistance Compact:
Medicare: AMA strategic plan, 88; 55-57, 68
bridge strategies, physician income in Emergency Medical Services: EMTALA, 64;
disaster areas, 299; future of, 60-65;
catastrophic care and chronic illness, 248, liability protection for care during disasters,
249; 284;
certificate-of-need laws and physician-owned physician identification, 65-69
facilities, 292; Emigration and Immigration: criminalization of
conflicts of interest, health facility care provided to undocumented immigrants,
ownership, 203-205; 300;
expanding coverage to the uninsured, 242- Medicaid citizenship documentation, 285
250; Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
fair valuation of physician services, 57-60; managed care and, 299
fixed reimbursement for laboratory services, Employer Health Insurance Plans: defined
230-233; contributions, 244;
health savings accounts and Medicaid, 221- tax exclusion, 246-247
229; EMTALA: 64
Medicare defined contribution open Environmental Health: mercury pollution, 259-
economic system, 30-32; 264;
Medicare geographic payment localities NAAQS ozone standard, 287
(GPCIs), 300-301; Equipment: industry representatives in clinical
Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) settings, 207-210;
repeal, 297; Medicare transfer of title of home oxygen,
pay for performance as economic 298
credentialing, 300; ERISA, See Employee Retirement Income
physician profiling, 290, 292; Security Act
prescription benefit cost sharing, 291; Ethical and Judicial Affairs, Council on:
tiered, narrow or restricted physician opinions, 199-202;
networks, 288-289, 292 reports, 203-212
Education - Medical, See also Schools - Medical;
Students - Medical: AMA strategic plan and,
92;
323
Ethics - Medical: criminalization of care functional upper blepharoplasty,
provided to undocumented immigrants, 300; dermatochalasis, 290;
disclosure of confidential information and Medicare access crisis, 298;
legal requirements, 210-212; Medicare balance billing, 30-32;
health facility ownership by physicians, 203- Medicare geographic payment localities
205; (GPCIs), 300-301;
industry representatives in clinical settings, Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR)
207-210; repeal, 297;
informed consent, CEJA opinion amended, National Heritage Insurance Company
199-200; payment denials, 292;
physician participation in interrogation, 201- ownership of claims data, 79-86;
202; payer measures for health insurance, 285-
placebo use in clinical practice, 205-207; 286;
professionalism and, in AMA strategic plan, payment reform, 91;
92; positive 2007 Medicare physician payment
solicitation for directed donation of organs, update, 98-101;
201; postoperative care, coordination of care, 233-
specialty hospital ownership by physicians, 237;
203-205; privatization of government programs, 91;
withholding from or delaying information to Recovery Audit Contractor appeals, 282;
patients (therapeutic privilege), 199, 200 rental (silent) network PPOs, repricing, 288;
Ethics - Professional: conscientious refusal to fill statistics on denied claims, authorization
legal prescriptions, 76-79 waiting times, etc., 285-286;
Ethnic Groups: AMA race/ethnicity data, 96-98; time limitations on refunds from physicians,
Centers of Excellence Program, 293; 296
Health Careers Opportunities Program, 293; Finances - AMA: compensation of general
strategies to enhance physician workforce officers, 273-277;
diversity, 213-220 sustainable organization, 92-93;
Evaluation and Management Codes, See CPT; year 2007 budget, 86
Fees and Reimbursement Foods and Nutrition: sugar-sweetened soft
Executive Vice President - AMA: address of, 15- drinks, 49-55
18; Foreign Medical Graduates, See International
selection, 141 Medical Graduate Section - AMA
Expert Testimony: independent experts, pilot Geography: Medicare geographic payment
program, 28-30 localities (GPCIs), 300-301
Faculty - Medical: membership category, 191; Handicaps, See Disabilities
strategies to enhance physician workforce Harris County Medical Society: President's
diversity, 213-220 Citation for Service to the Public, 2
FDA, See US Food and Drug Administration Hays Award, See Isaac Hays, MD, and John Bell,
Fees and Reimbursement, See also Economics - MD, Award for Leadership in Medical Ethics
Medical; Insurance - Health and and Professionalism
subheadings; Medicaid; Medicare: annual Health Care Accessibility: conscientious refusal
review of third-party payer contracts, 292; to fill legal prescriptions, 76-79;
blended payments, 289; disparities, in AMA strategic plan, 89;
evaluation and management codes, 292; expanding coverage to the uninsured, 242-
evaluation and management services, 230- 250;
233; pay for performance as economic
fair valuation of physician services, 57-60; credentialing, 300
fixed reimbursement for laboratory services, Health Care Evaluation, See also Peer Review:
230-233; Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance open
freedom of practice in medical imaging, 289; processes, 289-290;
payer measures for health insurance, 285-286
324
Health Information Technology Standards, See minimum (250 members) number for
Information Technology representation, 197-198;
Health Insurance, See Insurance - Health and moratorium on loss of representation, 282;
subheadings organization representation, moratorium on
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability five-year review, 192-193;
Act: business associates and foreign and professional interest medical associations,
domestic outsourcing, 73-75; bylaws revisions, 179-184;
minimum necessary claims data, 85, 86 reference committee members listed, 23;
Health Opportunity Accounts: 221-229 representation of national medical specialty
Health Personnel: flu vaccination for health organizations, bylaws revisions, 179-184;
workers, 290; Resident and Fellow Section representation,
physician workforce and distribution, 92; 195-196;
strategies to enhance physician workforce retiring members' recognition, 22;
diversity, 213-220 specialty society representation, five-year
Health Policy: AMA national health care policy review, 94-96
agenda, 283-284, 285 HPV Vaccine, See Immunization
Health Savings Accounts: Medicaid and, 221-229 Human Papillomavirus Vaccine, See
Health System Reform: AMA national health Immunization
care policy agenda, 283-284, 285; Human Rights: physician participation in
expanding coverage to the uninsured, 242- interrogation, 201-202
250
Higher Education Act: reauthorization, 32-34 Imaging, See Diagnosis
HIPAA, See Health Insurance Portability and IMGs, See International Medical Graduate
Accountability Act Section - AMA
HIV, See Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Immigration, See Emigration and Immigration
Home Health: Medicare transfer of title of Immunization: adult, 90;
oxygen equipment, 298; flu vaccination for health workers, 290;
sedation of children undergoing outpatient insurance coverage for HPV vaccine, 291
procedures, 288 In Memoriam, See Memorial Resolutions
Homosexuality: strategies to enhance physician Indigent Care, See Medicaid
workforce diversity, 213-220 Infants: Medicaid citizenship documentation, 285
Hormone Preparations - Bioidentical, See Drugs Influenza: immunization, 90;
Hospital Accreditation, See Joint Commission on vaccination for health workers, 290
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Information Technology: AMA strategic plan
Hospitals: future of emergency and trauma care, and, 89;
60-65; improvements to reporting clinical lab
JCAHO relationship with physicians, 291; results, 69-73
pharmacy review of first dose medication, Informed Consent: CEJA opinion amended, 199-
289; 200;
specialty, ownership by physicians, 203-205 withholding from or delaying information to
Hospitals - Medical Staff: bylaws, JCAHO patients (therapeutic privilege), 199, 200
standard, 293-294; Insurance - Health, See also Employer Health
fair valuation of physician services, 57-60; Insurance Plans; Managed Care Programs:
JCAHO relationship with physicians, 291; annual review of third-party payer contracts,
JCAHO standard MS1.20, 293-294 292;
House of Delegates, See also Policy - AMA; fair valuation of physician services, 57-60;
Resolutions and Reports: approval of health plan and payment reform, 91;
minutes, 5; individually owned policies and patient
bylaws revisions for, 114-130; choice, 243-246;
delegates listed, 304-317; ownership of claims data, 79-86;
emergency conditions, 189; payer measures for health insurance, 285-
ex officio members listed, 317; 286;
325
principles for claims data collection, use and standard MS1.20 (medical staff bylaws),
warehousing, 250-258 293-294
Insurance - Health - Benefits and Coverage: Laboratories: diagnosis and diagnostic
blended payments, 289; interpretation as practice of medicine, 295;
catastrophic care and chronic illness, 248, electronic transactions, 69-73;
249; fixed reimbursement for laboratory services,
changes in drug formularies and copayments, 230-233;
296; improvements to reporting results, 69-73
expanding, to the uninsured, 242-250; Lawsuits, See Legal Medicine; Professional
functional upper blepharoplasty, Liability
dermatochalasis, 290; Leavitt, Mike: remarks of HHS secretary, 8-15
HPV vaccine, 291; Legal Medicine, See also Product Liability;
National Heritage Insurance Company Professional Liability: criminalization of care
payment denials, 292; provided to undocumented immigrants, 300;
parity for treatment of mental illness and disclosure of confidential information and
substance use disorders, 297; physician obligations, 210-212;
postoperative care, coordination of care, 233- economic profiling, 290, 292;
237; expert witness testimony pilot program, 28-
principles for claims data collection, use and 30;
warehousing, 250-258; liability protection for care during disasters,
specialty pharmaceuticals, 237-242; 284;
statistics on denied claims, authorization peer review protections, 298;
waiting times, etc., 285-286; physician ownership of claims data, 79-86
uninsured care, in AMA strategic plan, 88 Legislation and Regulation, See also Taxation:
Insurance - Health - Employer Plans, See blended payments, 289;
Employer Health Insurance Plans Centers of Excellence Program, 293;
Interim Meeting - AMA, See Meetings - AMA certificate of need, 292;
International Health: AMA strategic plan, 90-91; EMTALA mandates, 64;
HIPAA business associates and outsourcing, fair valuation of physician services, 57-60;
73-75; fire-safe cigarette laws, 295;
mercury pollution, 259-264 Health Careers Opportunities Program, 293;
International Medical Graduate Section - AMA: Higher Education Act reauthorization, 32-34;
176-178 HIPAA business associates and outsourcing,
Internet, See also Computers: improvements to 73-75;
reporting clinical lab results, 69-73; HIPAA minimum necessary claims data, 85,
pornography, 44-48 86;
Interns, See Resident Physicians NAAQS ozone standard, 287;
Interrogation, See Ethics - Medical physician identification in emergencies, 65-
Invocation: Trent Jenkins, 1 69;
Isaac Hays, MD, and John Bell, MD, Award for rental (silent) network PPOs, repricing, 288;
Leadership in Medical Ethics and smoking bans in public places, 283;
Professionalism: Frederick R. Abrams, 2-3 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, 294
Liability, See Product Liability; Professional
JCAHO, See Joint Commission on Accreditation Liability
of Healthcare Organizations Licensure: diagnosis and diagnostic interpretation
Jenkins, Evan H: Medical Executive Meritorious as practice of medicine, 295;
Achievement Award, 2 medical board oversight of mid-level
Jenkins, Trent: invocation, 1 practitioners, 295;
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare naturopaths, 25-28;
Organizations: pharmacy review of first dose physician identification in emergencies, 65-
medication, 289; 69;
relationship with physicians, 291; reciprocity, 67-69;
326
specialty-specific restrictions, 290 public health as practice of medicine, 290;
Lobbying, See Advocacy - AMA scope of practice, in AMA strategic plan, 88
Lushniak, Boris D: William Beaumont Award in Medical Records: electronic, principles for
Medicine, 2 collection, use, warehousing, 250-258;
electronic, provided by hospitals and health
Maddox, Nita: remarks of AMA Alliance systems, 294;
president, 18-19 electronic transmission of clinical lab results,
Malpractice, See Professional Liability 69-78;
Managed Care Programs: "all products" clauses, physician ownership of claims data, 79-86
299; Medical Schools Section - AMA, See Section on
annual review of third-party payer contracts, Medical Schools - AMA
292; Medical Service, Council on: reports, 221-258
assignment of benefits, 299; Medical Staff, See Hospitals - Medical Staff
blended payments, 289; Medical Student Section - AMA: 165-170
economic profiling, 290, 292; Medically Underserved Areas, See Health
ERISA preemption and, 299; Personnel
fair valuation of physician services, 57-60; Medicare: access crisis, 298;
Medicare Advantage, deemed participation Advantage, deemed participation and
and misleading marketing, 287-288; misleading marketing, 287-288;
ownership of claims data, 79-86; balance billing, 30-32;
rental (silent) network PPOs, repricing, 288; defined contribution open economic system,
tiered, narrow or restricted physician 30-32;
networks, 288-289, 292; diagnosis and diagnostic interpretation as
time limitations on refunds from physicians, practice of medicine, 295;
296 drug formularies for dual-eligible patients,
Manpower Needs, See Health Personnel 287;
Maves, Michael D: address of AMA EVP, 15-18 flawed SGR (sustainable growth rate), 98-
Medal of Valor - AMA: David C. Rutstein, 1-2 101;
Medicaid: citizenship documentation, 285; geographic payment localities (GPCIs), 300-
drug formularies for dual-eligible patients, 301;
287; imaging cuts, 299;
health savings accounts and, 221-229; Part D, dual-eligible patients, 287;
postoperative care, coordination of care, 233- pay for performance, 299;
237; payment reform, 88;
state plan amendments, 285 positive 2007 physician payment update, 98-
Medical Devices, See Equipment 101;
Medical Economics, See Economics - Medical postoperative care, coordination of care, 233-
Medical Education, See Education - Medical and 237;
subheadings preventive services benefits, 38-41;
Medical Education, Council on: report, 213-220 Recovery Audit Contractor appeals, 282;
Medical Ethics, See Ethics - Medical specialty pharmaceuticals, 237-242;
Medical Executive Lifetime Achievement sustainable growth rate (SGR) repeal, 297;
Award: Jerry Slaughter, 2 time limitations on refunds from physicians,
Medical Executive Meritorious Achievement 296;
Award: Evan H. Jenkins, 2; Sandra B. transfer of title of home oxygen equipment,
Mortham, 2; Dave L. Tarver, 2 298;
Medical Experts, See Expert Testimony "Welcome to Medicare" physical
Medical Practice: diagnosis and diagnostic examination, 38-41
interpretation, 295; Medications, See Drugs
freedom of practice in medical imaging, 289; Meetings - AMA: smoke-free facilities and, 283
medical board oversight of mid-level Membership - AMA: AMA bylaws revisions,
practitioners, 295; 109-113;
naturopath licensure, 25-28;
327
medical student Social Security and Medical Outpatient Care, See Ambulatory Care;
Education numbers, 35-36; Emergency Medical Services;
moratorium on loss of House of Delegates Ozone, See Environmental Health
representation, 282;
revisions to AMA constitution, 102; Patient Education: FDA-approved patient drug
Section on Medical Schools, 191; information brochures, 296
sustainable AMA, 92-93 Patient Safety: AMA strategic plan and, 89;
Memorial Resolutions: Clarence H. Denser Jr., bioidentical hormone preparations, 286;
278; counterfeit drug prevention, 286;
J. David Nagel, 278-279; industry representatives in clinical settings,
Daniel F. O'Sullivan, 279-280; 207-210;
Robert R. Raszkowski, 280; pharmacy review of first dose medication,
Albert C. Svoboda, Jr., 281 289
Mental Health: parity for treatment of mental Patients, See also Physician-Patient Relationship:
illness and substance use disorders, 297; individually owned health insurance, choice
teen and young adult suicide, 267-272 and responsibility, 243-246;
Mercury Pollution: 259-264 informed consent, CEJA opinion amended,
Minority Groups, See Ethnic Groups 199-200;
Mortham, Sandra B: Medical Executive prescription benefit cost sharing, 291;
Meritorious Achievement Award, 2 withholding from or delaying information to
patients (therapeutic privilege), 199, 200
Nagel, J. David: memorial resolution, 278-279 Patients' Rights, See Confidentiality; Ethics -
National Ambient Air Quality Standards Medical; Health Care Accessibility; Informed
(NAAQS), See Environmental Health Consent; Physician-Patient Relationship
National Heritage Insurance Company: 292 Pay For Performance: 299, 300
Naturopathy: licensure, 25-28 Peer Review: legal protections, 298
Negotiations, See Contracts Performance Measurement: Ambulatory Care
Networks - Provider, See Managed Care Quality Alliance open processes, 289-290;
Programs pay for performance as economic
Newborn Infants, See Infants credentialing, 300;
North American Spine Society: House of tiered, narrow or restricted physician
Delegates representation, five-year review, networks, 288-289, 292
94-96 Pharmacy: conscientious refusal to fill legal
Nutrition, See Foods and Nutrition prescriptions, 76-79;
counterfeit drug prevention, 286;
O'Sullivan, Daniel H: memorial resolution, 279- health plan treatment of specialty
280 pharmaceuticals, 237-242;
Obesity: sugar-sweetened soft drinks, 49-55 JCAHO medication reconciliation standard,
Occupational Health: flu vaccination for health review of first dose medication, 289
workers, 290 Physical Examinations: "Welcome to Medicare,"
Officers - AMA, See also Board of Trustees - 38-41
AMA; Executive Vice President - AMA; Physician-Patient Relationship: disclosure of
President - AMA: Officers - AMA: bylaws confidential information and legal
revisions, 131-138; requirements, 210-212;
compensation report, 273-277; informed consent, CEJA opinion amended,
list of, 302; 199-200;
revisions to AMA constitution, 102 placebo use in clinical practice, 205-207;
Ophthalmology: functional upper blepharoplasty, withholding from or delaying information to
dermatochalasis, 290 patients (therapeutic privilege), 199, 200
Organ Transplantation, See Transplantation Physicians: AMA race/ethnicity data, 96-98;
Organized Medical Staff Section - AMA: bylaws bridge income strategies in disaster areas,
revisions, 170-172; 299;
JCAHO relationship with physicians, 291
328
certificate-of-need laws and physician-owned Prisons and Prisoners: physician participation in
facilities, 292; interrogation, 201-202
conflicts of interest, health facility Privacy, See Confidentiality
ownership, 203-205; Product Liability: protection for FDA-approved
criminalization of care provided to drugs, 296
undocumented immigrants, 300; Professional Liability: expert witness testimony
economic profiling, 290, 292; pilot program, 28-30;
health and fitness to practice, 298; protection for care during disasters, 284;
future of emergency and trauma care, 60-65; reform, in AMA strategic plan, 88
identification in emergencies, 65-69; Protected Health Information: 73-75
JCAHO relationship, 291; Provider Networks, See Managed Care Programs;
notification of conscientious refusal to fill Preferred Provider Organizations
legal prescriptions, 76-79; Public Health: access to rapid HIV testing, 265-
specialty hospital ownership, conflicts of 267;
interest, 203-205; AMA strategic plan and, 90-91;
strategies to enhance physician workforce as practice of medicine, 290;
diversity, 213-220; federal disaster intervention team, 55-57;
surgical workforce crisis, 297; fire-safe cigarette laws, 295;
workforce and distribution, 92 flu vaccination for health workers, 290;
Physicians - Women: strategies to enhance healthy lifestyles, 90;
physician workforce diversity, 213-220 insurance coverage for HPV vaccine, 291;
Placebos, See Drugs mercury pollution, 259-264;
Planning - AMA: mission and vision, 93-94; smoking bans in public places, 283;
year 2007 strategic plan, 86-93 sugar-sweetened soft drinks and obesity, 49-
Plastic Surgery: functional upper blepharoplasty, 55;
dermatochalasis, 290 teen and young adult suicide, 267-272;
Plested, William G III: address of the president, violence prevention in schools, 284
5-8 Public Opinion and Public Relations: Medicare
Policy - AMA: national health care policy access crisis, 298
agenda, 283-284, 285
Pollution, See Environmental Health Quality of Care: AMA strategic plan and, 89
Pornography: Internet, 44-48
Postoperative Care, See Surgery Racial Groups, See Ethnic Groups
Practice Management: annual review of third- Radiation: ultraviolet, in tanning parlors, 24
party payer contracts, 292; Raszkowski, Robert R: memorial resolution, 280
certificate-of-need laws and physician-owned Reconstructive Surgery, See Plastic Surgery
facilities, 292; Recovery Audit Contractors, See Fees and
EMRs/EHRs provided to physicians by Reimbursement
hospitals and health systems, 294; Referrals, See Consultation and Referral
freedom of practice in medical imaging, 289; Religion: conscientious refusal to fill legal
Medicare geographic payment localities prescriptions, 76-79
(GPCIs), 300-301; Research: race/ethnicity data, 96-98;
physician practice viability (AMA strategic tobacco use or exposure as variables in, 42-
plan), 91 44
Preferred Provider Organizations: rental (silent) Residencies, See Education - Medical - Graduate;
network PPOs, repricing, 288 Resident Physicians
President - AMA: address of, 5-8 Resident and Fellow Section - AMA: bylaws
President's Citation for Service to the Public: revisions, 160-163;
Harris County Medical Society, 2 House of Delegates representation, 195-196
Preventive Medicine: Medicare benefits, 38-41; Resident Physicians: future of emergency and
"Welcome to Medicare" physical trauma care, 60-65;
examination, 38-41 strategies to enhance physician workforce
Principles of Medical Ethics: amendments, 188 diversity, 213-220
329
Resolutions and Reports - AMA: late resolution, delegates listed, 304-309;
4; Harris County Medical Society award, 2;
reaffirmation resolutions, 4-5 health opportunity accounts and Medicaid,
Rules and Credentials, Committee on: reports, 3- 221-229;
5 inter-specialty dispute resolution, 36-38;
Rush Award, See Benjamin Rush Award for moratorium on loss of House of Delegates
Citizenship and Community Service representation, 282;
Rutstein, David C: AMA Medal of Valor, 1-2 Recovery Audit Contractor appeals, 282;
retiring executives' recognition, 22;
Safety, See Patient Safety revisions to AMA constitution, 102;
Savings and Investments: health savings accounts Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, 294
and Medicaid, 221-229 Society for Vascular Surgeons: House of
Schools: violence prevention, 284 Delegates representation, five-year review,
Schools - Medical, See also Education - Medical; 94-96
Students - Medical: strategies to enhance Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic
physician workforce diversity, 213-220 Surgeons: House of Delegates representation,
Science and Public Health, Council on: reports. five-year review, 94-96
259-272 Socioeconomic Conditions: strategies to enhance
Scientific Assembly: elimination from AMA physician workforce diversity, 213-220
constitution and bylaws, 103, 186 Soft Drinks, See Foods and Nutrition
Scope of Practice, See Medical Practice Specialties - Medical, See also Societies -
Scope of Practice Partnership: naturopath Medical - Specialty: AMA inter-specialty
licensure, 25-28 dispute resolution, 36-38;
Section on Medical Schools - AMA: bylaws freedom of practice in medical imaging, 289;
revisions, 163-164; future of emergency and trauma care, 60-65;
membership category, 191 license restrictions based on, 290;
Sections - AMA: bylaws revisions, 159-179 public health as practice of medicine, 290;
Sedation, See Anesthesiology surgical workforce crisis, 297;
Selby, David M: AMPAC board of directors tiered, narrow or restricted physician
report, 20-21 networks, 288-289, 292
Skin: tanning parlor ultraviolet radiation, 24 Specialty and Service Society - AMA: bylaws
Slaughter, Jerry: Medical Executive Lifetime revisions, 179-181;
Achievement Award, 2 representatives, 318
Smoking, See Tobacco Specialty Section Councils - AMA: 185-186
Social Security: AMA use of SSNs, 35-36 Standards - Medical, See Ethics - Medical;
Societies - Medical - Specialty: delegates listed, Health Care Evaluation; Performance
310-316; Measurement
future of emergency and trauma care, 60-65; State and Local Governments, See also
House of Delegates representation, AMA Licensure;
bylaws revisions, 179; health savings accounts and Medicaid, 221-
House of Delegates representation, five-year 229;
review, 94-96; Medicaid state plan amendments, 285;
House of Delegates representation, medical license reciprocity, 67-69;
moratorium on five-year review, 192-193; naturopath licensure, 25-28;
inter-specialty dispute resolution, 36-38; rental (silent) network PPOs, repricing, 288;
minimum (250 members) number for House sugar-sweetened soft drink taxes, 49-55;
of Delegates representation, 197-198; Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, 294
moratorium on loss of House of Delegates State Medical Societies, See Societies - Medical -
representation, 282; State and County
retiring executives' recognition, 22; Strategic Planning, See Planning - AMA
revisions to AMA constitution, 102 Students - Medical, See also Education -
Societies - Medical - State and County: AMPAC Medical; Schools - Medical: financing, 92;
board of directors expansion, 282-283; race/ethnicity data, 96-98;
330
Social Security and Medical Education US Congress: Higher Education Act
numbers, 35-36; reauthorization, 32-34;
strategies to enhance physician workforce Medicare access crisis, 298;
diversity, 213-220 Medicare imaging cuts, 299;
Substance Abuse, See Drug Abuse pay for performance, 299;
Sugar-Sweetened Soft Drinks, See Foods and positive 2007 Medicare physician payment
Nutrition update, 98-101
Suicide: teens and young adults, 267-272 US Federal Emergency Management Agency:
Sunlamps: 24 federal public health disaster intervention
Surgery: impending workforce crisis, 297; team, 55-57
postoperative care, coordination of care, 233- US Food and Drug Administration: bioidentical
237 hormone preparations, 286;
Surgery - Plastic, See Plastic Surgery FDA-approved patient drug information
Svoboda, Albert C: memorial resolution, 281 brochures, 296
US Government: federal public health disaster
Tanning Parlors: ultraviolet radiation, 24 intervention team, 55-57
Tarver, Dave L: Medical Executive Meritorious US Health and Human Services Department:
Achievement Award, 2 remarks of Secretary Leavitt, 8-15
Taxation: credits, vouchers, health insurance US Homeland Security Department: federal
premium subsidies, 244-245, 249; public health disaster intervention team, 55-
exclusion for employment-based health 57
insurance, 246-247; US Medical Reserve Corps: federal public health
sugar-sweetened soft drinks, 49-55 disaster intervention team, 55-57
Teaching Physicians, See Faculty - Medical US Public Health Service: Commissioned Corps,
Teenagers, See Adolescence federal public health disaster intervention
Therapeutic Privilege, See Ethics - Medical team, 55-57
Tobacco: fire-safe cigarette laws, 295;
smoke-free hotels, facilities for AMA Vaccination, See Immunization
meetings, 283; Vanderwagen, William Craig: Distinguished
smoking bans in public places, 283; Service Award, 1
use or exposure as variables in clinical Violence: prevention in schools, 284
research, 42-44 Volunteers: physician identification in
Transplantation: solicitation for directed donation emergencies, 65-69
of organs, 201;
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, 294 War: physician participation in interrogation,
Trauma Care, See Emergency Medical Services 201-202
William Beaumont Award in Medicine: Boris D.
Ultraviolet Radiation: tanning parlors, 24 Lushniak, 2
Uninsured, See Insurance - Health - Benefits and Workforce, See Health Personnel
Coverage World Health Organization: 90-91
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: World Medical Association: 90-91
access to rapid HIV testing, 265-267 World Wide Web, See Computers; Internet
US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services:
Medicaid citizenship documentation, 285; Young Physicians Section - AMA: 172-176
Medicaid state plan amendments, 285
Zeis, Joanne A: Citation for Distinguished
Service, 1
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