Dr. Martin Wasserman

"Maybe we can get parents to take a greater interest in what their kids are doing upstairs for several hours, not only to prevent addiciton, but to have better oversight over what they are watching on TV, what video games they are playing or reading on the Internet," said Dr. Martin Wasserman, executive director of the Maryland State Mediical Society, who introduced the proposal to the AMA in 2006.

Dr. Martin Wasserman, a pediatrician who heads the Maryland State Medical Society, said the AMA proposal will help raise awareness and called it "the right thing to do."

Martin Wasserman, director of the Maryland State Medical Society of 6,500 physicians, said low insurance payments are driving doctors to seek alternatives.

,,Physicians are not getting adequate reimbursements, so retainer medicine is a decision by the doctor and is a new business model," Wasserman said.Doctors in Maryland receive some of the nation's lowest insurance reimbursements.

He called retainer practices in Maryland ,,a relatively new trend.

"Maybe we can get parents to take a greater interest in what their kids are doing upstairs for several hours, not only to prevent addiciton, but to have better oversight over what they are watching on TV, what video games they are playing or reading on the Internet," said Dr. Martin Wasserman, executive director of the Maryland State Mediical Society, who introduced the proposal to the AMA in 2006.

Raising awareness: Dr. Martin Wasserman, a pediatrician who heads the Maryland State Medical Society, said the AMA proposal will help raise awareness and called it "the right thing to do."

Dr. Martin Wasserman, a pediatrician who heads the Maryland State Medical Society, said the AMA proposal will help raise awareness and called it "the right thing to do."

Keynote speaker was Martin Wasserman with the Maryland Medical Society, who discussed the shortage of medical personnel in rural areas.