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Employer’s vision can make or break your first physician job

A health care recruiter shares tips for job seekers completing their final year of residency or fellowship to understand employers’ top-level plans.

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July 12, 2024: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

Registration open: Live July 17 webinar with CMS staff on new ACO PC Flex Model and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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June 28, 2024: National Advocacy Update

New exception for filing No Surprises Act claim due to Change Healthcare cyberattack and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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100,000 “Dreamers” get boost in access to health care coverage

New rule means Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients can get covered at HealthCare.gov, but they’re still ineligible for Medicaid, CHIP.

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Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of Council on Medical Service reports and issue briefs.

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Consumer-driven health care: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of key council reports that advance policies that emphasize patient choice and control of their health care by addressing high-value care, retail/store-based clinics, addiction treatment centers, genetic/genomic precision medicine, telemedicine, insurance coverage options, reference pricing, prescription drugs, and hospital care coordination.

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Health insurance: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address health insurer actions that interfere with the patient/physician relationship and impact the practice of medicine. Such topics include prior authorization, covered benefits, and affordability of health insurance.

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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).

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June 14, 2024: National Advocacy Update

Highlights from the 2024 AMA Annual Meeting and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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