Physician placing a reassuring hand on the shoulder of a patient
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Landmark deal on medication-assisted treatment a model for nation

A breakthrough in Pennsylvania eliminates prior authorization for lifesaving treatment for opioid-use disorder. Every other state should follow suit.

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Leadership Viewpoints
Prescription medicine bottle wrapped in red tape
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Why prior authorization was a white-hot issue in 2018

Prior authorization comes between physicians and their patients’ care and needs to be fixed. Learn how that painful reality came into starker relief this year.

Prior Authorization
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Nov. 15, 2018: State Advocacy Update

Medical societies urge New York to sign parity legislation, saving time and lives in Pennsylvania and more in the latest state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Nov. 1, 2018: State Advocacy Update

2018 Health Workforce Mapper now available and MMA holds lawmakers accountable in the latest AMA state advocacy news.

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AMA model bills

View the most frequently used model state bills created for the Federation of Medicine and approved by the AMA Board of Trustees.

State Advocacy
A pair of scissors preparing to cut a ribbon that says prior authorization.
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What your state can do to fix prior authorization run amok

The AMA created model legislation that state lawmakers can use to address increasingly burdensome prior-authorization requirements.

Prior Authorization
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Proof of physicians’ economic impact sways policy at state level

When state medical societies such as the Idaho Medical Association do their advocacy work, they enter with numbers detailing how physicians boost the local economy.

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Economy gets bigger boost from doctors than lawyers, higher ed

Physicians support more jobs, wages and benefits than comparable counterparts in industries such as legal services, higher education and other health care providers such as nursing homes and home health care.

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Small town center of buildings.
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Want to see the economic impact of a doctor? Visit a small town

Small-town practice in Illinois illustrates the big picture on physician economic impact. Doctors generate jobs and spending that sustain prosperity.

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