MINNEAPOLIS, November 12, 2008–Optimism was in the air as the AMA House of Delegates convened this week in Orlando for their Interim Meeting. Minnesota physicians saw eight of their state's resolutions accepted.

MINNEAPOLIS, November 7, 2009—The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced that Ronald M. Davis, M.D., immediate past president, is dead at 52. 

MINNEAPOLIS, November 6, 2008—The MMA delegation will bring six resolutions to the American Medical Association's Interim Meeting November 8-11, and will be co-sponsoring three others on the subject of geographic equity in Medicare reimbursement.

MINNEAPOLIS, November 6, 2008—The MMA will file an amicus brief with the Minnesota court of appeals in a case addressing whether or not physicians have immunity for reasonably discharging a patient who later harmed family members.

MINNEAPOLIS., November 5, 2008—Nancy Nielsen, M.D., president of the American Medical Association, has issued a statement congratulating Barack Obama on his election.

MINNEAPOLIS, October 31, 2008—Late Thursday afternoon, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final 2009 Medicare physician payment rule that replaces a scheduled 15.1 percent cut with a 1.1 percent increase as required under the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA).

MINNEAPOLIS, October 22, 2008—The American Medical Association is making November a strategic beachhead for its “Heal the Claims Process” campaign.

MINNEAPOLIS, October 20, 2008—Small steps can lead to big health benefits, according to the AMA's new Healthier Life Steps campaign.

MINNEAPOLIS, October 16, 2008—The 2008 Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association's House of Delegates is only weeks away.

MINNEAPOLIS, September 10, 2008—Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis last week, and to the Democratic National Convention in Denver the week before, heard what the AMA’s “Voice for the Uninsured” campaign had to say.