The AMA indicated it will push for medical liability reform for doctors in exchange for reducing health spending growth.

Physicians say their experience with the flu strain helped prepare them for the next outbreak.

Organized medicine continues to challenge the "red flags" rules during the additional three months before enforcement starts.

The Obama administration also will look into removing physician-administered drugs from the calculation of the Medicare pay formula.

Dr. Hamburg, a former New York City health inspector, faced a largely friendly audience at a Senate confirmation hearing.