Year: 2008
Resolution Number: 5
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Ponon Dileep Kumar, MD
Sponsor: Michael L. Gambel, MD
On behalf of: International Medical Graduates Section
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other insurance companies to formulate viable and just criteria to compensate for proper treatment with recognized complications; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS continue to work collaboratively with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and other third party payers on their development of policy on serious adverse events and unavoidable complications.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other insurance companies to formulate viable and just criteria to compensate for proper treatment with recognized complications; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS continue to work collaboratively with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and other third party payers on their development of policy on serious adverse events and unavoidable complications.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Medicare Denial of Reimbursement for Certain Unavoidable Complications