Gale Scott

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At the urging of the American Medical Association, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it is eliminating a rule that some physicians feel has contributed to the US opioid addiction epidemic. Starting in 2017, patients at outpatient facilities will no longer be asked whether they got sufficient pain management. CMS announced other changes as well. 

AMA Wins Pain-Management Rule Change

According to a survey of MD Magazine readers, physicians have strong views when it comes to gun rights and gun violence. Most 

MD Poll: Majority of Doctors Own Guns, Want Tighter Controls

The American Medical Association has invested between $10 and $15 million in a practice-management software program that it hopes will put the love back in practicing medicine. But so far the program has not developed guidelines to help physicians cope with ICD-10, the mandatory switch to knew billing codes that the AMA's incoming president concedes will be "a traumatic experience." 