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Health care professional walking next to a gurney
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8 MIN READ

Inside the AMA’s wide-ranging fight against scope creep

An AMA-led coalition of state and specialty societies has worked across the nation to block scope-of-practice expansions that threaten patient safety.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
Patient in a telehealth appointment
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4 MIN READ

Medical boards get guidance on setting rules for telemedicine

Physicians back the Federation of State Medical Boards’ updated telemedicine policy. Learn how the AMA is supporting telehealth.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
Gerald E. Harmon, MD, at the 2022 Annual Meeting
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5 MIN READ

Dr. Harmon: The U.S. must renew its commitment to physicians

President Gerald Harmon, MD, detailed the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians to those who took care of the nation at “great personal sacrifice.”

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Annual Meeting
Fighting for Physicians
Elderly male patient wearing a mask
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4 MIN READ

In 2018, payers agreed to rein in prior auth. The clock is ticking.

A physician survey shows that insurers have failed to follow through on the commonsense fixes they agreed to. Learn how the AMA is tackling prior auth.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
Masked patient having an appointment with a health care worker
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5 MIN READ

10 principles to fix Medicare’s unsustainable physician pay system

The AMA and 120 state medical and national specialty societies are sending an unmistakable message to Congress about a much-needed overhaul.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Figure in a dark maze
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8 MIN READ

Q&A: A drug changed this M4’s life. Prior auth nearly upended it.

Prior authorization is often a headache for practicing physicians. For AMA member Victoria Gordon, it threatened to set back her medical training.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
Kristine Olson, MD, MSc
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7 MIN READ

Q&A: This CWO was inspired by family to make well-being a priority

Taught to leave a place better than she found it, AMA member Kristine Olson, MD, MSc, followed the path to being a chief wellness officer (CWO).

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
John Halamka, MD
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9 MIN READ

Q&A: Telehealth here to stay, but doctors’ key requirements remain

Existential urgency sparked pandemic telehealth boom. Leading health IT thinker John Halamka, MD, says its post-COVID future is bright. Learn why.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians