Latest News and Press Releases

CHICAGO, Dec. 22, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statement attributable to: Peter W. Carmel, M.D., President, American Medical Association "With this brief reprieve from the massive 27 percent cut to...

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician organization, voted today during the closing session of its semi-annual...

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) today voted to support amending a federal law that bars clinical research of HIV-infected organ donation, as a...

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician group, today adopted policy to combat national drug shortages that threaten...

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The nation's broadest democratic assembly of physicians will gather in New Orleans on Nov. 12 to shape the health care agenda of the American Medical...

Semi-Annual Policy-Making Meeting Will Shape AMA Advocacy Agenda CHICAGO, Oct. 31, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Physician leaders will gather in New Orleans to shape the future advocacy agenda of the...

CHICAGO, Oct. 25, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new analysis from the American Medical Association (AMA) notes that four out of five metropolitan areas in the United States lack a competitive commercial...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 21, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) joined today with organizations representing Florida physicians, hospitals, small business owners and their...

CHICAGO, Sept. 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statement attributable to: Cecil B. Wilson, M.D., AMA Immediate Past- President "The American Medical Association (AMA) appreciates changes made by the...