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ACP supports improved access to information on relative strengths and weaknesses
06-12-2007 · EurekAlert!"ACP strongly supports Congressional efforts to provide Medicare and all stakeholders within the health care community with improved access to information about the relative strengths and weaknesses of various clinical products, procedures and services," David C. Dale, MD, FACP, president of the ACP, told the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health today.
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