Clear Search
2023 Interim Meeting of HOD
·
3 MIN READ

Health care administrators must not be medical decision-makers

A rise in physician employment and health care administrators has created tension. The AMA says physicians should be making medical decisions for patients.

series
Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
AMA Update for Nov. 13, 2023: The AMA is bringing medicine together to eliminate burnout with Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH
·
8 MIN READ

The AMA is bringing medicine together to eliminate burnout with Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about what the AMA is doing to eliminate physician burnout.

series
Physician Health
AMA Update
·
8 MIN READ

The AMA is bringing medicine together to eliminate burnout with Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about what the AMA is doing to eliminate physician burnout.

series
Physician Health
AMA Update Podcast
Projection of a maze on wall and man
·
6 MIN READ

7 prior authorization terms that drive every doctor to distraction

Consult this handy glossary to better grasp the frustrating cost-control practice and learn how the AMA leads the charge to fix prior authorization.

series
Prior Authorization
Terms Every Doctor Should Know
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, speech at 2023 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates.
·
5 MIN READ

Medicare pay cuts are “too deep, too relentless”: AMA president

AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, says “too many lives” are touched by the broken Medicare physician pay system. That includes his own parents.

series
Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
·
12 MIN READ

Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, address at the 2023 Interim Meeting of the HOD

In an address to the AMA House of Delegates at the 2023 AMA Interim Meeting, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, discusses the AMA’s advocacy work on Medicare payment reform. Access the recording and transcript of the speech.

Speeches
Physician with hand on patient's shoulder
·
3 MIN READ

Myth or fact? The number of vital signs recorded affects billing

The AMA sets the record straight on recent Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code changes regarding E/M outpatient documentation and coding.

CPT®
Cross mark and check mark
·
4 MIN READ

Routine screenings miss over 40% of patients with depression, anxiety

Time-consuming, repetitive intake questions tied to quality metrics often fail at their purpose, study shows. Learn more with the AMA.

Digital
Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, addresses the Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care
·
4 MIN READ

Solving physician burnout calls for reimagining care delivery

That is just what Sanford Health and other innovative health systems and physician leaders are doing. Learn more.

series
Physician Health
Health System Spotlight