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AMA: Eliminate burdens for controlled substances’ e-prescribing

Delegates also push for effective opioid-use disorder in jails and prisons and emergency naloxone in public settings.

Interim Meeting
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12 MIN READ

Oct. 5, 2017: National Advocacy Update

PQRS and VM reports, the DREAM Act, CHIP reauthorization, CHRONIC Care Act and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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5 MIN READ

Regulatory burdens impede lower-cost, higher-quality care

CMS gets recommendations on how to reduce the regulatory load in the final version of the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

Sustainability
Dejected physician sits in front of a stack of paperwork.
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Dashboard tracks CMS moves toward regulatory relief

A regulatory relief dashboard is tracking proposals for Medicare payment programs and noting victories in the fight to reduce administrative burdens.

Sustainability
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3 MIN READ

Sept. 21, 2017: Advocacy spotlight on Dashboard tracks CMS moves toward regulatory relief

Providing regulatory relief - AMA tracking measures for change.

Advocacy Update
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4 MIN READ

Aug. 10, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Pain-management questions from HCAHPS, accrediting organizations to post data and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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4 MIN READ

May 18, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Health-system reform legislation, ransomware attacks on medical devices and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Physician with chin in hand looking at a laptop.
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Health care CEOs to peers: Act on burnout, restore medicine’s joy

“More than words are needed” to address improve physician well-being, say some of the nation’s most prominent health care executives.

Physician Health
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March 23, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Health reform, House considers medical liability reform bill and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update