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4 MIN READ

What the end of the COVID-19 emergency means for telehealth

Navigating rules, payment for telemedicine in the post-public health emergency world can be tricky. Guidance from the AMA can help.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
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10 MIN READ

Bird flu outbreak, child mental health crisis, new CDC director & more with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn about the latest on mental health services for kids, the avian flu response, leadership changes at the CDC and more.

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Public Health
AMA Update
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10 MIN READ

Bird flu outbreak, child mental health crisis, new CDC director & more with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn about the latest on mental health services for kids, the avian flu response, leadership changes at the CDC and more.

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Public Health
AMA Update Podcast
Health care workers intubating a patient
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4 MIN READ

Wisconsin ruling a win for doctors’ judgment on ivermectin use

Learn with the AMA about why a lower-court ruling, if allowed to stand, “would have been devastating to patient care.”

Judicial Advocacy
U.S. Capitol at sunrise
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3 MIN READ

Near supermajority in Senate backs telehealth’s future

Bill would expand Medicare coverage of telehealth and make permanent COVID-19 flexibilities for this vital mode of care. Learn more with the AMA.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
Covid-19 test in the middle of a magnifying lens with a physician sitting near the top
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12 MIN READ

What doctors wish patients knew about COVID-19 testing

With expiration of the public health emergency, questions linger about how and when to get tested for COVID-19. A pathologist sets the record straight.

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Public Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
Kavita Arora, MD
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5 MIN READ

Physicians affirm, clarify duty to promote equitable care

The work of undoing health inequity is never finished, as the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated. The AMA has adopted ethics policy supporting it.

Health Equity
Patient reacts to news from a physician
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4 MIN READ

With COVID-19 emergency’s end, CDC updates infection control guidance

While the federal public health emergency on COVID-19 has expired, the need to prevent spread of respiratory viruses has not. Learn more.

Public Health
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3 MIN READ

Kentucky otolaryngologist chosen as AMA president-elect

Bruce A. Scott will be installed as AMA president in June 2024.  

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