The American Medical Association, or the AMA, the largest organization of doctors in the U.S., has deemed the medical use of body mass index, or BMI, 'racist,' due to its disregard of a person's ...

A new policy from the American Medical Association emphasized that doctors and insurance companies should focus less on BMI measurements. The policy recognizes that BMI was designed to ...

The American Medical Association’s House of Delegates – which includes 600-plus members from every medical specialty – released a statement last week that describes three tiers of racism ...

ONE hundred and sixteen years have passed since May 5, 1847, when a handful of physicians attended the live birth of the American Medical Association. In this interim of time, the A.M.A. has achiev ...

The House of Delegates of the American Medical Association (AMA) has rebuffed an effort to change the organization’s current stance in opposition to physician-assisted suicide, a development ...

American Medical Association says BMI is racially biased 01:20. BOSTON - When you go to your doctor's office, chances are they will calculate your BMI but a prominent medical organization says the ...

The American Medical Association’s complaint, filed Thursday in an Illinois district court, accuses MultiPlan of colluding with major health insurers to set artificially low reimbursement rates ...

A leading US medical organization is urging doctors to ditch body mass index (BMI) as the primary measurement for a healthy bodyweight, citing its 'racist' roots. The American Medical Association ...

The four largest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S. control 70% of the national market, and most regional PBM markets are highly concentrated, according to new data from the American Medical ...

About Seoul Medical Group Seoul Medical Group (SMG) is a national network of independent community physicians who share a vision of improving the health and well-being of Asian American patients.

Jesse Ehrenfeld, new AMA president, says “we have a health care system in crisis” 02:56 Washington — Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld — an anesthesiologist, Navy veteran and father — made history ...

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., that represents and advises medical schools.