Essay 20

The AMA, American Medical Association, targets Congress and Medicare.  It is made up of primarily medical students who will at some point encounter Medicare patients while in practice. Since this happens so frequently the AMA wants to have some sort of influence over Medicare and the way in which it runs. It will help set standards for other insurance payers through Medicare policies. The constituents of the AMA include doctors,and medical practitioners.  These members have created rules,policies and ethics as a standard. The "Current Procedural Codes" they set are one of the primary ways that medical and insurance forms are filled out.  The AMA wants to be able to effectively communicate with insurance companies in order to make sure constituency will be paid since most medical procedures are billed to insurers. 

(1999_2)National interest groups often target national-level policymaking institutions to achieve their policy objectives.

Select one of the following national interest groups.
- AARP
- AMA (Medical Association
- NAACP
- NAM (national assoc. of Manufacturers)
For the group you selected do each of the following.
- a identify one major national-level policymaking institution that this group targets.
- b describe one resource or characteristic of the group you have chosen and explain how it influences the choice of the target you have identified in (a)
- c describe another resource or characteristic of the group you have chosen and explain how it influences the choice of the target you have identified in (a).
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/repository/sg_gov_pol_us_99.up_7047.pdf