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Introducing AIMPA: Laser-focused on independents
Author(s)Richard Payerchin
A new advocacy organization for independent physicians.
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A number of groups and associations currently exist to focus on research, practice and the business of medicine. A new one is needed to focus on issues relevant to the shrinking number of independent practitioners around the nation. Inaugural President and Board Chair Paul Berggreen, MD, explains the new
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