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| January 01, 2002 | Kirn, Timothy F. | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Debate continued to rage in the House over the AMA's sale of its master file on physicians, which includes the physician's Drug Enforcement Administration number, which pharmaceutical sales people can then match with prescription data purchased from pharmacies to profile a physician's prescribing habits. In the end, however, delegates voted to develop ...

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