2008 Annual AMA Meeting
Your Georgia AMA Delegation recently attended the 2008 AMA Annual Meeting, which was held June 14-18 in Chicago. Click Here for 2007 Annual Meeting Highlights
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Resolutions from the Georgia Delegation
Final Tracking on MAG Resolutions Submitted to the AMA A-08 from Georgia
- AMA Resolution 103 - AMA Progress on Removing Patient Translation Costs from Physician Responsibility
- Talking Points on AMA Resolution 103
- AMA Resolution 212 - Elimination of Physician’s “Appointment for Representative” Requirement in Medicare Prescription Drug Program Appeals
- Talking Points on AMA Resolution 212
- AMA Resolution 213 - Payment Neutrality Between Medicare Advantage and Traditional Fee-for–Service Medicare
- Talking Points on AMA Resolution 213
- AMA Resolution 104 - Fair Treatment of Physicians When Pre-existing Conditions are Discovered
- Talking Points on AMA Resolution 104
MAG's Delegation to the AMA
| Delegate | Alternate Delegate | |
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| Joseph P. Bailey Jr. Augusta Chairman |
John S. Antalis Dalton |
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| S. William Clark III Waycross Vice Chairman |
E. Dan DeLoach Savannah |
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| Bob G. Lanier Atlanta |
Michael E. Greene Macon |
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| Alva L. Mayes Jr. Macon |
William R. Hardcastle Atlanta |
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| Joy A. Maxey Atlanta |
Billie Luke Jackson Macon |
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| Thomas E. Price Roswell |
Alan L. Plummer Atlanta |
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| Roy W. Vandiver Decatur |
Sandra B. Reed Thomasville |
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| Matthew Singer AMA-MSS Region 4 |
Paul Wang AMA-MSS Region 4 |
Other Georgians Who Attended
Jack M. Chapman Jr., M.D., President
M. Todd Williamson, M.D., President-Elect
Seemal Desai, M.D., AMA RFS
Sandra Fryhofer, M.D., Council on Science and Public Health, American College of Physicians
Patrice Harris, M.D., Council on Legislation and American Psychiatric Association
C. Alvin Head, M.D., Council on Science and Public Health and American Society of Anesthesiologists
J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, M.D., American College of Physicians
John B. Neeld Jr., M.D., American Medical Political Action Committee and American Society of Anesthesiologists
Harrison L. Rogers, M.D., AMA Past President
Richard Wherry, M.D., American Academy of Family Physicians
Edmund Donoghue, M.D., American Society for Clinical Pathology
Steven Arendt, M.D., MAG First Year Member
Jay Berkelhamer, American Academy of Pediatrics
Staff Who Attended
David A. Cook
Donna Glass
Donald Palmisano Jr.