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Medicare pay cuts: What they mean for rural America

Patients in rural areas are already at higher risk for poor health outcomes. Squeezing the physician practices that care for them is not the answer.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Myra Moghal
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This medical student found her voice at AMA advocacy conference

AMA member Myra Moghal is training become a physician. At the AMA Medical Student Advocacy Conference, she learned that means speaking up for patients.

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Medical Students
Succeeding in Medical School
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Medical Student Section (MSS) meetings & events 

Learn more about the meetings and events held by the Medical Student Section (MSS) for MSS members.

Medical Students
AMA in Action: Fighting scope creep
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Advocacy in action: Fighting scope creep

Inappropriate scope-of-practice expansions threaten patient safety. Patients deserve care led by physicians, and the AMA’s here to stop scope creep. Download PDFs of infographics.

Scope of Practice
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How AI is leading to more prior authorization denials

Over 60% of doctors say unregulated AI tools systematically deny patients coverage for necessary care. The AMA is fighting to fix prior authorization.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
Bustling hospital corridor
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Medicare pay cuts: How they endanger physician practices

Physician practices are businesses too. Lower pay over two decades increasingly leaves no option other than cut back staff and—in some cases—close.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Fix Medicare now
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Spending proposal means devastating 5th year of Medicare pay cuts

Congress is on the verge of abandoning patients and physicians by adopting a short-term funding deal that fails to address broken Medicare pay system.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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March 7, 2025: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

GOP Doc Caucus endorses H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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March 7, 2025: National Advocacy Update

Federal lawmakers introduce bipartisan, bicameral Conrad 30 reauthorization legislation and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update