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CMS takes big steps to fix prior authorization in Medicare Advantage

Learn why physicians are backing proposals on prior authorization from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Medical societies unite in support prior authorization reforms

CMS urged to finalize proposed policy and rein-in Medicare Advantage plans with guardrails against excessive and unnecessary hurdles to necessary patient care.

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Millions of Medicare patients kept telehealth habit post-vaccines

About one-third of those on Medicare because of a disability accessed care through telehealth. Learn how the AMA is supporting telehealth.

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Big provisions in $1.7 trillion omnibus: What doctors should know

End-of-year spending package didn’t stop all the Medicare pay cuts, but did include some important changes that will help patients and physicians.

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What to expect in telehealth in 2023? Here are 5 predictions

Telemedicine use is likely to see another upswing, say experts. Learn what else they are forecasting for this year.

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Bruce Scott, MD, and Lisa Egbert, MD, HOD speakers at 2022 Interim
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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