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Chief executive wants concentrated efforts on core issues

Doctor group leader James Madara sees health outcomes, medical education, physician satisfaction as key areas for AMA effort Madara By Bruce Japsen CHICAGO—As the American Medical Association enters one of the most turbulent periods in the organization’s long history, CEO James Madara wants to make sure there is a more refined focus on the day-to-day needs of doctors. Madara is a pathologist, who in July enters his second year as the AMA’s executive vice president and CEO. As Congress and the White House sort out the implementation of the federal health care overhaul, his group seeks ways to convince lawmakers to restore Medicare cuts even when budget-cutting.… Read More