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The administrative burdens physicians shoulder each day directly affect the patient-physician relationship and unnecessarily interrupt the delivery of care.
The AMA is a physician’s chief advocate for minimizing administrative burdens in healthcare associated with health plan interactions and addressing problems that contribute to increased complexity or expense.