District of Columbia CME Requirements

Learn about the Washington, D.C. Board of Medicine and earn your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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Dec. 20, 2024: Advocacy Update spotlight on scope of practice advocacy

Another big year for scope of practice advocacy and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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USDA milk testing, raw milk recall, plus new flu treatment study and the current COVID variant [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about milk safety and more.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update Podcast
AMA Update for Dec. 11, 2024: USDA milk testing, raw milk recall, plus new flu treatment study and the current COVID variant (index only)
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12 Min Read

USDA milk testing, raw milk recall, plus new flu treatment study and the current COVID variant

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about milk safety and more.

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Prevention & Wellness
AMA Update
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Don’t muddy waters for patients with “nurse anesthesiologist” term

A proposed District of Columbia regulation would let nurse anesthetists use the moniker to describe themselves. That will confuse and mislead patients.

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Federal Advocacy
Fighting for Physicians
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How the AMA is fighting—and winning—for physicians at the state level

The AMA helped stop 80-plus scope of practice bills, pass 12 prior authorization reform measures, and led dozens of wins to support physician well-being.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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10 states have tackled prior authorization so far in 2024

Find out how physicians’ push to fix prior authorization is resulting in essential changes to speed up—and protect—patients’ access to care.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
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Health insurance denials, delayed care and medication access: How prior authorization hurts patients [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about what hurts patients when it comes to prior authorization.

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Prior Authorization
AMA Update Podcast
AMA Update for July 15, 2024: Health insurance denials, delayed care and medication access: How prior authorization hurts patients (index only)
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11 Min Read

Health insurance denials, delayed care and medication access: How prior authorization hurts patients

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about what hurts patients when it comes to prior authorization.

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Prior Authorization
AMA Update
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May 31, 2024: State Advocacy Update

Momentum continues on state prior authorization bills and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update