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JULY/AUGUST 2012
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President’s Message Reimbursement Federal Advocacy Forum APMAPAC Chair Report IT Consultant Technofile Annual Scientific Meeting Sponsors Annual Scientific Meeting Registration Form APMA All Stars In Short CPME Invitation for Comments Worthy of Note Call for Committee Nominations Affiliates Corner List of Affiliated Organizations Insurance Advisor Bylaws Propositions Due New Members Death Notices APMAPAC Update Development Update Classified Advertising Dates to Remember Advertising Index 10 Questions
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Innovative, Intuitive, Inventive: The New APMA.org
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Health Policy & Practice Committees Meet to Address Issues Facing Podiatrists MPMA Instrumental in Uncovering Health-care Fraud
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Does the Media Still Matter?
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Introducing APMA’s ACO Workgroup APMA By the Decade: 1972–1981 The US House of Representatives Recognizes APMA’s 100th Anniversary 2011 Podiatric Practice Survey: Podiatric Physicians’ Staff Equivalency to Other Physicians by Employment Status
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Profiles in Progress: Podiatric Medicine Then and Now List of Cosponsors to the Equity and Access for Podiatric Physicians Under Medicaid Act Get 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting Coverage
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Annual Scientific Meeting Preliminary Program
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