tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post3343490497696182989..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: What, The RUC, Again? - One of the World's Most Prominent Medical Journals Also Leaves Some Important Things OutRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-48288108347119346982009-06-10T15:01:08.269-04:002009-06-10T15:01:08.269-04:00See my full reply to the letter from the AMA here:...See my full reply to the letter from the AMA here:<br />http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2009/06/letter-from-ruc-and-my-reply.htmlRoy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-29430885210156553702009-06-09T10:00:42.863-04:002009-06-09T10:00:42.863-04:00My next question for "anonymous" is how ...My next question for "anonymous" is how he or she found this letter? It is not obvious how to link to it.Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-63078826175384857982009-06-08T07:47:35.817-04:002009-06-08T07:47:35.817-04:00Thank you for letting me know this had been made p...Thank you for letting me know this had been made public.<br />The AMA did not bother to notify me of this.<br />I will respond after I have had a chance to read it.Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-16527780867587136432009-06-07T17:59:29.760-04:002009-06-07T17:59:29.760-04:00The AMA responded to this post in a letter to you ...The AMA responded to this post in a letter to you and even INVITED you to attend the next RUC meeting. Did you go? See the AMA letter here: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/380/posesresponse.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-45194568591460449222009-02-14T10:15:00.000-05:002009-02-14T10:15:00.000-05:00I also found of interest this post on the WSJ Heal...I also found of interest this post on the WSJ Health Blog:<BR/><BR/>February 10, 2009, 12:13 pm<BR/>AMA Sues Aetna and Cigna Over Out-of-Network Reimbursements <BR/>Posted by Jacob Goldstein <BR/><BR/>"The lawsuits, filed by the AMA along with a bunch of state medical societies and a couple of docs, seek “unpaid benefits and other relief” for physicians."<BR/><BR/>I do not understand the AMA's Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-44263767218609504232009-02-13T23:19:00.000-05:002009-02-13T23:19:00.000-05:00In my own mind those associations render as "not c...In my own mind those associations render as "not credible" anything Dr. Wilensky writes about HC reform. I will no longer pay attention to them, and suggest others do likewise.<BR/><BR/>There is simply no spin that can be given to substantiate claims of "objectivity" given the money received from, and the fiduciary duties towards those entities.<BR/><BR/>-- SSInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.com