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Scissors and red tape
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4 Min Read

7 steps to cut doctors’ regulatory burdens in your organization

Such burdens fuel physician dissatisfaction and burnout, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here is a road map for doctors and compliance professionals to cut the regulatory thicket.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
Surgeon on an eye surgery
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5 Min Read

Let optometrists do eye surgery? That's going to be a no

New Mexico’s governor vetoes bill that would have set a “dangerous precedent for allowing optometrists to perform surgical procedures.” The AMA is fighting scope creep.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
Patient and physician review medications together
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3 Min Read

Overestimate tripled budget-neutrality Medicare physician pay cut

Physicians face a $1 billion across-the-board annual Medicare pay cut unless way-too-high projections for use of the G2211 billing code are adjusted.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Physicians holding giant gears
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5 Min Read

Nearly 55% of physicians feel valued by their organization

This shift is one of the most powerful tools in the fight against physician burnout. And health systems are taking steps to help doctors feel valued. 

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
Robot surrounded by health care figures and icons
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7 Min Read

Ready for health AI? It may depend on your practice setting

An eight-percentage point gap exists in the use of AI between employed and private practice physicians. But the ways they use it are pretty similar.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
Figure walking towards two disparate paths
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4 Min Read

The AMA is ready to help CMS fix prior authorization

New CMS Administrator Mehmet C. Oz, MD, raised concerns about the cost-control practice. The AMA outlines next steps for action.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
Smiling person looks at cell phone
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5 Min Read

Get rid of telehealth barriers for Medicare patients—for good

A recently introduced bipartisan Senate bill would make permanent the regulatory flexibilities that have dramatically expanded access to telemedicine. 

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
U.S. Capitol
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9 Min Read

House budget: Hope on Medicare pay, but big concerns on Medicaid

AMA strongly backs move tying physician payment to 75% of MEI, but Medicaid provisions have considerable negative impact for vulnerable patients. 

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Christine Sinsky, MD
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11 Min Read

Dr. Sinsky reflects on joy of medicine ahead of her retirement

AMA’s Christine Sinsky, MD, retires after a pioneering career advancing physician well-being, redesigning care and leading burnout-prevention efforts.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians