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1 Contents Uniquely identified records for physicians, both AmericanMedical Association (AMA) membersand nonmembers. Includes both MDsand DOs in the United States, territo-ries, Puerto Rico and Guam Detailed Professional data on everyphysician demographic and biographicinformation, including medical training,specialty, address, phone, date and placeof birth, gender, etc. 237 self-designated practice specialties*(SDPS) with definitions for eachspecialty (both primary and secondaryspecialties are included) Several databases are available physicians, medical students, grouppractices, licensure, hospital, residencyinstitutions, medical schools, boardcertification, DEA** and NationalProvider Identifier (NPI)UseThe AMA uses Physician data internallyand also licenses it through select data -base licensees (DBLs)

2 That specialize in awide range of products and services forthe medical communication Direct mail Recruitment Journal distribution Drug sampling CME announcementsResearch and analysis Pharmaceutical call reporting Market research Market analysis Staff complement planningData management data analysis and integration data storagePhysician identity v erification Physician -only Web site access Physician identity confirmation forhealth care-related organizationsrequiring Physician access to certainproducts and servicesPublic health Medical research Drug recalls Health hazard notices Clinical trial recruitment National emergencies ( Physician verification during events such asHurricane Katrina and Sept.)

3 11) Detecting fraud and abuse Manpower studies (determining theneed for physicians in underserved areas)AMA Physician Professional data (PPD)AMA-PPD 2010 a trusted source from the American Medical Associationfor comprehensive data on all physicians since 1906.*Self-designated practice specialties do not imply recognition or endorsement of any field of medical practice by theAMA, and do not imply certification by a member medical specialty board of the American Board of MedicalSpecialties (ABMS ) or that the Physician has been trained or has special competence to practice the specialty.

4 **Additional restrictions Physician counts*Total physicians1,062,500 Active physicians948,000 DOs64,000 Primary care physicians356,000 Direct patient care physicians 820,000 Office-based physicians605,000 Medical students78,700 Medical schools132 Residents133,617 Residency programs8,900 Hospital affiliations individual physicians369,000 Hospital affiliations total587,000 Sample demographic data *Addresses PPMA**1,062,500 Addresses POLO 819,000 Licenses 1,167,093 Telephone numbers562,000 Fax numbers256,000*All data are as of spring 2010 **Preferred Professional mailing address(PPMA) boast a 97 percent deliver-ability rate (the industry standard is92 percent) Preferred office location (POLO)addresses are available for 92 percentof office-based physicians Expiration dates are in place for morethan 90 percent of Physician licenseson fileData collection Physician information is collectedfrom more than 2,200 data sources.

5 AMA Census of Physicians is sent to more than 250,000 physiciansannually. Licensure data is provided directlyfrom 70 different licensing authoritiesand 14 DO boards. Resident data is collected throughthe Annual National Census ofGraduate Medical Education; theresponse rate is 97 percent. DO information is provided by osteopathic licensing boards,Accreditation Council for GraduateMedical Education (ACGME) pro-grams and DOs requesting maintenance More than 41 million file updates areprocessed annually, averaging morethan 150,000 updates every day.

6 Licensure updates are performed on a monthly basis for the 77 percent of licensing boards who providemonthly data . The AMA processes licensure datawithin five business days of receipt. USPS Address Change Service(ACS) is used for AMA journals andother medical journals with elec-tronic address returns each week,which provide a constant stream offile updates. National Change of Address Service(NCOA) is reported quarterly. data reliability The vast majority of hospitalstrust and utilize AMA data for granti-ng Physician privileges in accordancewith Joint Commission standards.

7 More than 300 medical journals useAMA data for their distribution. Medical education and licensureinformation are primary source datareported from medical schools, resi-dency training institutions, statelicensing agencies, medical societies,DEA and ABMS. The AMA Masterfile is used for 57million internal and 220 millionexternal mailings per year. Current licensure fileMore than million recordsME#**License type limited, unlimited, temporaryPhysician nameExpiration date on each active licenseOffice address (if available)Unique license number for each license heldAddress type indicatorAs of dateDegree (MD, DO)State of licenseLicense status active, inactive, unknown Includes active, inactive, unknown and multiple licenses.

8 Excludes deceased file670,300 recordsME#**DEA name/office addressAMA nameDEA registration/expiration(office address if available)DEA#National Provider Identifier (NPI)file 727,100 recordsME#** NPIH ospital file7,280 recordsUnique identifierName/addressGroup practice file Approximately 105,400 groupsPhysician affiliations Approximately 587,039 Provider affiliationGroup practice demographicsGroup practice IDGroup practice IDProvider IDGroup nameFirst, middle, last nameSpecialtyDegreeParentingPrimary specialty codeAffiliation countsSpecialty grouping codeRoster datesOther informationDatabases Physician fileMore than 1,062,000 records*Medical education number (ME#)

9 ** AMA Physician s Recognition AwardNameGraduate medical trainingOffice addressMedical schoolPreferred mailing address Graduation year(office, home, unknown)Geographic census codesGovernment serviceMD/DO indicatorResidency institutionSpecialty primary and secondaryInitial licensureGenderPresent employmentPhone/fax numberHospital affiliationType of practiceMajor Professional activityMedical student file78,700 recordsME#**Medical schoolNameYear of graduationPreferred mailing addressBirth date/placeGeographic census codesPhone numberMedical school file2,085 recordsUnique identifierName/addressIncludes and foreign schoolsResidency institution file6.

10 168 recordsUnique identifierName/address*Includes active and inactive physicians.**ME# identifier ties to respective file. The ME# is proprietary and copyrighted property of the American Medical statistics are rounded and : American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS ) Specialty Certification File is available ..Child Abuse PediatricsCHP ..Child and Adolescent PsychiatryCHN ..Child Neurology Biochemical GeneticsCCG ..Clinical CytogeneticsCG ..Clinical GeneticsDDL ..Clinical and LaboratoryDermatological ImmunologyALI.