Cecil B. Wilson, MD

AMA working to improve e-prescribing incentives and help physicians adopt health IT

Health Technology

August 11, 2011

A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

Health IT holds the promise of improving the efficiency of a physician’s practice, but physicians can easily become overwhelmed by the broad range of products and the multiple, varying federal incentive and penalty programs currently underway. The American Medical Association (AMA) continues to be in close contact with the Centers for …

AMA: Revisions, clarity needed before physicians form Medicare ACOs

Cecil B. Wilson, MD

Health Policy

June 9, 2011

A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

There is said to be an old Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times. As I wrap up my year traveling the country as President of the AMA, I can without a doubt say physicians are living – and practicing medicine – in interesting times. This can be a challenge, but does not need to be a curse.

There are …

AMA: Individual responsibility for health insurance helps America’s patients, pocketbooks

Cecil B. Wilson, MD

Health Policy

May 12, 2011

A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

A wise physician once said, “Health is not valued til sickness comes.” The same can certainly be said about health insurance.

This concept is at the heart of our current debate about individual responsibility for health insurance coverage. While we hope never to need surgery or chemotherapy or to have an unexpected accident or illness, it’s certain that many of …

AMA: Getting the best value for our health care dollars

Cecil B. Wilson, MD

Physician

April 14, 2011

A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

As physicians, many of us realize on some level that our practices contribute to our state and national economies – we just lacked the empirical evidence to understand how much.

That changed last month, when the American Medical Association released a report that studied the economic impact of office-based physicians. While a handful of states have previously studied the economic impact …

AMA push against Medicare recovery audit overreach

Cecil B. Wilson, MD

Physician

March 10, 2011

A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has pushed back the April 1 deadline for states to implement their Medicaid recovery audit contractor (RAC) programs until an unspecified time later this year. The implementation delay was welcomed by the American Medical Association (AMA) and other national physician organizations who have vocally urged CMS to improve its proposed Medicaid RAC …

AMA: Help physicians across the world gain access to stethoscopes

Cecil B. Wilson, MD

Health Policy

January 17, 2011

A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

As physicians in the United States of America, most of us take stethoscopes for granted. A stethoscope is among the most basic and essential of all medical instruments, but in many parts of the world access to stethoscopes is severely limited.

WorldScopes is a global, philanthropic initiative of the American Medical Association Foundation that works with leading humanitarian organizations to collect …

AMA helps physicians care for patients

Cecil B. Wilson, MD

Patient

December 9, 2010

A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

As the nation’s largest physician organization, the American Medical Association (AMA) is uniquely positioned to help physicians thrive in medical practice throughout the stages of their careers.

Because the AMA is led by physicians, we understand the many demands and rigors physicians face as they work to provide high-quality patient care, and we are proud to support physicians in their …

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AMA helps physicians care for patients

AMA: Patients and physicians call on Congress to stop Medicare cut

Cecil B. Wilson, MD

Health Policy

November 11, 2010

A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

Medicare physician payment cuts are once again looming in the immediate future, with a cut of 25 percent now threatening to hurt access to care for seniors and military families. As many doctors know all too well, the looming cut is forcing physicians to make difficult decisions about the continuing role Medicare can play in their practices.

The AMA is working on …

AMA makes physician health a priority

Cecil B. Wilson, MD

Physician

October 21, 2010

A guest column by the American Medical Association, exclusive to KevinMD.com.

As physicians, we prioritize the health of others often at the expense of our own health. Our patients’ health is our priority and why we chose the profession of medicine. The International Conference on Physician Health, held earlier this month in Chicago, gave physicians the opportunity to make their health a priority and provided them with tools to make …

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AMA makes physician health a priority