Healthcare Reform: Slowing Increase in Health Spending Featured
Guest(s)
J. James Rohack, MD, President-elect AMA
Topic
Healthcare Reform
Topic Info
Recently, The American Medical Association (AMA) joined with five other organizations in the health sector to outline initiatives to help achieve President Obama’s goal of decreasing the health-care cost growth rate by 1.5 percent, saving $2 trillion or more over the next 10 years. Dr. J. James Rohack - President-elect of the AMA joins the show.
Guest Info
J. James Rohack, MD; President-elect American Medical Association -
J. James Rohack, MD, a senior staff cardiologist at Scott & White Clinic in Temple, Texas, was elected president-elect of the American Medical Association (AMA) in June 2008. Dr. Rohack has been a member of the AMA Board of Trustees (BOT) since 2001 and served as chair from 2004 to 2005. He has also served on all AMA-BOT intraboard committees, chairing both the AMA-BOT Executive Committee and the Organization and Operations Committee. He serves as treasurer of the board of commissioners of the Joint Commission, chairs the National Advisory Council to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and is one of the principals of the Hospital Quality Alliance.
A board-certified cardiologist, Dr. Rohack is actively involved in patient care at Scott & White Clinic, where he serves as the director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and as the medical director for system improvement of the Scott & White Health Plan—a not-for-profit health plan that is nationally recognized for quality health care delivery.
J. James Rohack, MD, a senior staff cardiologist at Scott & White Clinic in Temple, Texas, was elected president-elect of the American Medical Association (AMA) in June 2008. Dr. Rohack has been a member of the AMA Board of Trustees (BOT) since 2001 and served as chair from 2004 to 2005. He has also served on all AMA-BOT intraboard committees, chairing both the AMA-BOT Executive Committee and the Organization and Operations Committee. He serves as treasurer of the board of commissioners of the Joint Commission, chairs the National Advisory Council to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and is one of the principals of the Hospital Quality Alliance.
A board-certified cardiologist, Dr. Rohack is actively involved in patient care at Scott & White Clinic, where he serves as the director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and as the medical director for system improvement of the Scott & White Health Plan—a not-for-profit health plan that is nationally recognized for quality health care delivery.
Website
Host
Dr. Derrick DeSilva
Show Date
2009-06-04
