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August 13, 2018 14:02 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

CMS Proposed Rule Aims at AMA-Designed Paperwork Burden, States the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a Proposed Rule to “blend” payments for higher-level office visits, while decreasing...
December 14, 2017 10:29 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Challenges Price Controls in California

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the strictest wage and price control in history against physicians in our nation: AB 72, writes AAPS...
March 20, 2017 11:36 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Laws on “Surprise Medical Bills” Could Be Gateway to Single Payer, according to the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., March 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A number of states, including New York, Maryland, Texas, Colorado, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California, have passed laws to address the issue of...
September 12, 2016 10:59 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Bottom-Up Solution to Top-Down Medical Disaster Offered by Ohio Physician in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medicine is being “fundamentally transformed” into an unaffordable, complex, adversarial, depersonalized labyrinth, writes dermatologist Melinda...
September 06, 2016 09:39 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

California AB 72 is Anti-patient, Anti-physician, and Legally Flawed; Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Asks Governor for Veto

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 06, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AB 72, the measure promoted misleadingly as a means to end “surprise medical bills,” would have a “devastating effect on the availability of...