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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Feb. 3, 2025

In the news: Lawmakers introduce bill to reform Medicare pay, Cigna announces transparency initiative, U.S. hits inflection point in bird flu spread and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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Feb. 7, 2025: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

Tell your representative: Co-sponsor H.R. 879 and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Feb. 7, 2025: National Advocacy Update

Physicians to CMS: Connect MIPS Value Pathways to patient care and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Partnership is key in value-based care model in Michigan

Henry Ford Health and General Motors are both seeing the benefits of their direct-to-employer ConnectedCare health care plan. 

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Payment & Delivery Models
Health System Spotlight
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As practices fight to survive, health plans see another payday

For doctors, it’s five straight years of Medicare payment cuts. For Medicare Advantage plans, pay’s going up 4.33%. Congress must fix Medicare now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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How the AMA meets need for new telehealth CPT codes

Telehealth capacity ramped up quickly early in the pandemic, but created a lot of variation along the way. An AMA work group helped develop uniformity. 

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CPT®
Fighting for Physicians
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Pearl of the Week: Help for patients with uncontrolled hypertension

Find resources on embedding a pharmacist into the practice.

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AMA STEPS Forward®
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week
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Meet some of the physician leaders shaping health care's future

Health systems need strong chief medical officers and other leadership to move medicine forward. The vision of these doctors should not escape notice.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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For AMA’s president, the fight for doctors is personal

Failures to fix Medicare pay, prior authorization are hurting doctors and patients. AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, sees it in his own practice.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians