AMA Leadership

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.

May 12, 2015 ·

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.

May 5, 2015 ·

4 MIN READ

World Medical Association elects first woman chair

Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, immediate-past president of the AMA, became the first female chair of the World Medical Association (WMA). AMA Wire® talked with Dr. Hoven about her new role and what she hopes to accomplish.

May 4, 2015 ·

2 MIN READ

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.

Apr 28, 2015 ·

4 MIN READ

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.

Apr 21, 2015 ·

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.

Apr 17, 2015 ·

2 MIN READ

AMA announces new chairs on medical coding and resource analysis

The AMA appointed new chairs for committees charged to ensure physician input into efforts to improve science, health and patient-physician relationships.

Press Releases

Apr 14, 2015 ·

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.

Apr 7, 2015 ·

Doctors have unearthed the root of new payment model challenges

Most doctors want to make new payment and delivery methods work. But we need the appropriate resources to help redesign the health care system. When physicians have data in a meaningful context and tools to act on it, they respond positively, and patient care improves.