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Feb. 9, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Improving pain care and practice workflows, UDI implementation and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Physician entering data into a laptop.
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These factors interfere with physicians’ IT adoption

Physicians are eager for digital health solutions that give them back more face-to-face time with patients.

Digital
Medical professional reviews information on cell phone.
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AMA takes multiple paths toward goals of better IT, improved care

Many physicians say health care technology is not working for them. The AMA is working to address that, says AMA President David O. Barbe, MD, MHA.

Digital
#Best of 2017 Reinventing Health IT
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Health IT challenges aplenty, but projects promise new era

New and revamped initiatives offer innovations to unleash a new era of care.

Digital
#Best of 2017 Prior Authorization
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Actions taken to quantify, cut the burdens of prior authorization

Processing prior-authorization requests is among a medical practice’s top administrative burdens, but steps are being taken to reduce the problem.

Prior Authorization
Steven Strongwater, MD, new CEO of Atrius Health.
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At this medical group, IT goes from headache to helping hand

Through leadership and better use of information technology, a medical group sees a big jump in physician satisfaction.

Digital
The White House
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Trump’s proposed budget highlights his health care priorities

Among other planned reductions, NIH would see $5.8 billion in cuts over a decade, while CHIP’s funding would drop by $5.8 billion.

Access to Care
Physician consultation around laptop and tablet.
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Missing from MACRA: 2 Meaningful Use milestones

The final rule implementing MACRA contains a welcome but little-noticed provision that relieves physicians of EHR-reporting burdens.

Medicare & Medicaid
Physician doing research on a computer.
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Project crowdsources specialists’ diagnoses for safety-net care

The Human Diagnosis Project has recruited thousands of specialists from dozens of countries to provide online curbside consults to front-line physicians.

Digital