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  • Working to extinguish physician burnout
  • Leading the charge on Medicare payment reform
  • Tackling the overused prior authorization process
  • Supporting physician-led team-based care
  • #FightingForDocs
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Advocating for Medicare physician payment reform with Todd Askew

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about Medicare physician payment reform.

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Medicare & Medicaid
AMA Update
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19 Min Read

COVID pandemic progress report and #FightingForDocs in 2023 with Jack Resneck Jr., MD [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the AMA’s achievements in 2022 and what to look forward to in 2023.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update Podcast
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19 Min Read

COVID pandemic progress report and #FightingForDocs in 2023 with Jack Resneck Jr., MD

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the AMA’s achievements in 2022 and what to look forward to in 2023.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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3 Min Read

Medicare physician pay cuts underscore need to fix broken system

2% cuts in 2023 could force many practices to stop taking new Medicare patients. The work to overhaul Medicare physician payment must start now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Jan 17, 2023 ·
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AMA Advocacy Insights webinar series: 2023 AMA advocacy agenda

Learn more about the latest AMA Advocacy Insights webinar and the AMA’s federal and state advocacy agenda for 2023.

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Events
Advocacy Insights Webinar Series
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AMA statement on Medicare cuts

The AMA is extremely disappointed that Congress failed to prevent Medicare cuts, threatening the financial viability of physician practices and endangering access to care.

Press Releases
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Dec. 16, 2022: Advocacy Update spotlight on countdown to Medicare pay cuts

The final countdown to Medicare physician payment cuts and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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5 Min Read

Reducing physician burnout must be an urgent national priority

Our country’s physicians are a precious resource, and we must fix what’s wrong with the U.S. health system to protect them from burnout.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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14 Min Read

Physicians must be empowered to put patients first: AMA president Jack Resneck Jr., MD

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

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Leadership
Moving Medicine Podcast