Innovative Medicare program set to expire at year’s end, but the evidence backs extending it to help patients recover in the comfort of home.
Also known as peripheral vascular disease, this condition causes leg pain, cramping and numbness. Charles Leithead, MD, of Ochsner Health shares more.
The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about how one physician leader's work is reducing in-basket burden.
Understand the evolving field of health systems science and acquire the necessary tools and skills to successfully share this approach with medical students.
The goal of the Reimagining Residency grant program is to transform residency training to best address the workplace needs of our current and future health care system.
Virginia Skiba, MD, of Henry Ford Health, started her career in neurology but switched to sleep medicine after about a decade. Find out why.
M4s can gain insight on life in a physician residency program by asking current residents about scheduling, culture, work-life balance and more.
To perform at your best on the night shift, resident physicians should follow the evidence on what works. One tip: Drink your java at the right time.
Resident physicians must quickly absorb huge knowledge chunks—and care for patients. You won’t know it all, so here’s how to move forward.
Learn about the current state of competition in health insurance markets across the U.S. and review in-depth analysis on market concentration.
Discover the AMA's position on health insurance mergers and why the AMA believes fewer insurance carriers undermine physician practices and harm patient care.
ChangeMedEd® is a national conference that brings together leaders and innovators to accelerate change in medical education across the continuum. Learn more.
Build a framework for the implementation of AI in practice during this seven-month shared learning collaborative launching April 2025.
Download PDFs of the proceedings from the 2024 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates.
Review the list of candidates to serve as AMA officers, on the Board of Trustees and councils.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
Find the agenda PDF, documents and more for the 2024 APS Interim Meeting on Nov. 8 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Florida.
Find the agenda, documents and more information for the 2024 WPS Interim Meeting on Nov. 8 at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Find a calendar listing the upcoming meetings of the CPT Editorial Panel.
In the news: Half U.S. adults eligible for semaglitude, low vaccination rates for respiratory season, 1 in 10 has high cholesterol and more.
Medicare is a complicated subject which can be daunting for patients and physicians alike. Here's how the AMA can help your practice be prepared for medicare related issues.
Patients are used to accessing information online. Physicians can access their health information online through patient portals. As a physician, learn what you need to know to get patients to use this technology.
With the repeal of the sustainable growth rate formula comes a new, consolidated quality reporting program for Medicare. Learn how bonus payments and financial penalties will be affected under the merit-based incentive payment system.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed modifications for Stages 1 and 2 of the meaningful use electronic health record (EHR) program offered some good news for physicians. The AMA feels CMS should stop moving forward with Stage 3.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed modifications to the meaningful use electronic health record (EHR) system program will make it easier for physicians to achieve success.
Over the year I have been AMA president, we’ve worked to maintain a strong foundation of tradition while also maximizing the opportunity for positive changes in our evolving health care system. I’m proud to say that the AMA has hit a number of important landmarks this past year.
The AMA supports a number of CMS's changes to Meaningful Use that could help more physicians participate, and calls for the rules to be soon finalized.
Many of today’s electronic health record (EHR) systems are far from perfect. Find out why physicians are changing from one EHR to another, and what happens after they do.
Robert M. Wah, MD, Immediate-Past President of the AMA discusses how America’s physicians worked to overcome the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
While physicians always are looking for better ways to care for our patients, actually doing so isn’t easy. Right now, three events are helping us on the journey to new care and payment models.
