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Physicians coming together to improve nation's health

I’ll be joining my colleagues from across the country in Chicago for the 2015 AMA Annual Meeting. When physicians come together and work toward solutions for our patients, our profession and our nation, we become a powerful force for the future.

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Mapping the year's landmarks: How medicine is advancing

Over the year I have been AMA president, we’ve worked to maintain a strong foundation of tradition while also maximizing the opportunity for positive changes in our evolving health care system. I’m proud to say that the AMA has hit a number of important landmarks this past year.

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How physicians are slowing health care costs

As physicians, we hear firsthand from the media how health care costs are out of control. We’re often asked what can be done to slow those costs. A new analysis from the AMA helps shed some light on how the health care dollar is spent, and reveals that costs aren’t as out of control as we may think.

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How we're fighting administrative burdens and regaining time

The administrative burdens shoulder every day in our practices take quite a toll in physician time and money. That’s why the AMA launched an administrative burden study to get reliable data on exactly where physicians’ time is going.

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Banding together, physicians take on world health issues

An article by Robert M. Wah, MD, Immediate-Past President of the AMA notes that physicians around the globe are tackling many of the same health care issues. He believes that banding together can make physicians stronger in conquering these challenges.

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How we overcame the SGR hurdle

Robert M. Wah, MD, Immediate-Past President of the AMA discusses how America’s physicians worked to overcome the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.

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3 important events that can help us adopt new payment models

While physicians always are looking for better ways to care for our patients, actually doing so isn’t easy. Right now, three events are helping us on the journey to new care and payment models.

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5 ways health care will look different in the post-SGR era

Our nation stepped into a new era for health care last week when it adopted legislation to eliminate Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. Here are five ways our health care system will begin to look different.

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Welcome to the future: How doctors are changing patient care

A new PBS documentary, Rx: The Quiet Revolution, found doctors, nurses and health care professionals changing the way we provide patient care.

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