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Greenpeace said Costco markets itself as a supporter of sustainable seafood but sells 15 of the 22 seafood species listed “red,” or at risk of extinction, by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Those species include Chilean sea bass and orange roughy. Get the full story »
By Bruce Japsen |
The new president-elect of the American Medical Association promises to
lead the nation’s largest doctor group in a more demanding and
confrontational relationship with members of Congress.
“The AMA is going to be more insistent and a little edgier with its
relationships with Congress and the administration in demanding some of
the things we doctors need,” Dr. Peter Carmel, who won a hotly
contested election earlier this week to become the AMA’s
president-elect, said in an interview with the
Tribune.
By Bruce Japsen | The
American Medical Association’s policy-making House of Delegates elected
pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Peter Carmel as president-elect after a rare
three-way battle for the group’s top post.
Carmel, who practices in New York and New Jersey, was elected in a
run-off needed after a vote among three candidates did not produce a
clear-cut winnter. In the run-off, Carmel beat back a challenge from Dr.
Joseph Heyman, an obstetrician from Amesbury, Mass.
By Bruce Japsen | One in five medical claims are processed inaccurately by the nation’s
largest health insurers, slowing payments to doctors and causing
confusion for consumers, the American Medical Association said Monday.
In a report released during the AMA’s annual meeting in Chicago, the
national doctors group said making claims processing 100 percent
accurate would save the health care system $15 billion largely by making
health care more efficient and by reducing administrative costs.
By Bruce Japsen | One in five medical claims is processed inaccurately by some of the nation’s health insurers, the American Medical Association said in a report this morning.
The report, released during the AMA’s annual meeting in Chicago, said such claims processing errors cost the health care system billions of dollars. They also slow payments to physicians and often confuse consumers.
Tribune staff report | Craig S. Donohue, chief executive of CME
Group, will serve as Chairman of The Executives’ Club of Chicago for
the Club’s 2010-2011 season, which will include the January 2011
kick-off of the club’s centennial celebration.
