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Boost older adults’ access to care by fixing prior authorization

The black-box prior authorization delays and denials in Medicare Advantage have to stop. A bipartisan bill reintroduced in Congress is a start.

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Prior Authorization
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Medicare trustees: Current path threatens access to physician care

The gap between rising costs of providing care and falling Medicare physician payment will “become a significant issue in the long term.”

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Medicare & Medicaid: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that anticipate and respond to Medicare and Medicaid program changes addressing such issues as program rules that impact medical practice, physician payment and the emergence of Alternative Payment Models (APMs).

Council on Medical Service
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June 14, 2024: Advocacy Update spotlight on reintroduced prior authorization bill

AMA-supported prior authorization bill reintroduced in Congress and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update

Neurological disorders CME

Neurological disorders affect a large percentage of the American public. Learn the latest treatments and methods of diagnoses while earning CME credits at your own pace.

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Boost primary care at home with a “medicine cabinet autopsy”

Atlantic Health System’s innovative care-at-home efforts keep older adults out of the hospital. They start by doing inventory on all the Rx bottles.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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How older adult physicians can keep health, well-being top of mind

Learn more with the AMA about how lifestyle medicine can not only improve patient care but offset burnout among senior physicians.

Physician Health
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New Rx for older adults: Boost the dose on lifestyle change

Physicians often counsel older adults broadly on healthy lifestyle choices, but prescribing specific actions can make a bigger dent in chronic illness.

Population Care

Improve older adults' care

Virtual simulations from the American Geriatrics Society CME on AMA Ed Hub™ provide realistic clinical encounters to improve elderly patient care.

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Compendium of behavioral health integration resources for physician practices

The BHI Compendium PDF serves as a tool to sustain behavioral health integration to achieve the goal of enabling timely access to equitable, whole-person care.

Public Health
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4 ways Henry Ford Health drives digital equity for older adults

The Detroit-based health system is making sure that older adults with limited digital literacy or access also see telehealth’s benefits.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight