Communicating Social Determinants of Health webinar
Dec 8, 2022 ·
2 MIN READ

Communicating Social Determinants of Health: A Role for Coding

Register for the social determinants of health (SDOH) webinar on Dec. 8 and get the latest information on efforts to create and standardize the coding for social risks and needs.

Events
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5 MIN READ

AMA offers new payment concept to reward high-value specialty care

To help inform a new government strategy, AMA offers an APM approach that primary care and specialist physicians can use to improve outcomes.

Payment & Delivery Models
Bruce Scott, MD, and Lisa Egbert, MD, HOD speakers at 2022 Interim
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10 MIN READ

ICYMI: 10 stories to read from the 2022 AMA Interim Meeting

The AMA House of Delegates leads the charge to protect reproductive health care, stop climate change, end the overdose epidemic, and prevent gun violence.

Interim Meeting
Delegates at the 2022 Interim Meeting
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32 MIN READ

Highlights from the 2022 AMA Interim Meeting

Catch up with the news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting, which ran Nov. 12–15.

Interim Meeting
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5 MIN READ

Doctors to Congress: Stop Medicare pay cut and fix prior auth

Physicians can harness the power of their patients’ stories to reach senators and members of Congress to shape policy. Learn more with the AMA.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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3 MIN READ

AMA adopts new policies during first day of voting at interim meeting

New policies support a Medicare Advantage database of physicians and oversight of Third-Party Administrators.

Press Releases
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4 MIN READ

Bipartisan support in Congress for extending 5% APM incentives

The alternative payment model (APM) incentives save Medicare money and improve care, yet will end this year if Congress fails to act. Learn more.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Fighting for Physicians
AMA delegate speaking at the 2022 Interim Meeting
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3 MIN READ

Work to close insurance coverage gaps for preventive care

Physicians move to address gaps affecting three distinct patient populations, part of the AMA’s ongoing work to expand insurance coverage.

Access to Care
Jack Resneck Jr., MD, at the 2022 Interim Meeting
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4 MIN READ

Physicians must be empowered to put patients first: AMA president

Obstacles to care emerge from prior auth, Medicare cuts and politicized exam rooms. President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, details how AMA has doctors’ backs.

Interim Meeting