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Bargaining table success starts with these common elements

Successfully negotiating new payment models requires assessing your medical group’s strengths and identifying who can play “good cop,” “bad cop” roles.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Answers to 6 key questions on cost will prep you for new pay era

Practices with an understanding of the costs they incur for the services they provide will be better positioned to manage the changing payment environment.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Jan. 25, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Waivers on Medicaid work requirement, protections for conscience rights and religious freedom and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Jan. 25, 2018: State Advocacy Update

Treatment, not criminalization, for substance use disorders, AMA urges Nebraska to oppose APRN Compact and more in the latest state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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In a complex environment, physicians have at least 8 paths to choose from

There are ways for physician groups to succeed amid greater competition and higher practice costs. The key is to understand each option’s benefits and risks.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Taming your unruly in-basket is possible with a little teamwork

See how redirecting email traffic has helped one family practice declutter doctors’ in-boxes and provide patients with timelier care.

Scope of Practice
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Medicare audits could take less punitive approach in 2018

Physicians advocate for more targeted approach to Medicare audits with less focus on penalties and more emphasis on education to avoid errors.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Our AMA tallies major achievements during a time of turbulence

In critical areas such as health-system overhaul, insurance competition and cutting regulatory burdens, AMA member physicians have made their mark in 2017.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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Moving to new payment models: What you need to know

The writing is on the wall when it comes to the new ways for physicians to get paid for the care they provide. Here is what you need to know.

Payment & Delivery Models