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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.
Viruses, malware and hackers pose a threat to patients and physician practices. Find resources to protect patient health records and other data from cyberattacks.
Help your organization improve in important areas of practice, including workflow, teamwork and clinician well-being, with guidance from our physician leaders.
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.
If your M1 transition’s been rocky, you’re not alone. Show yourself the same compassion you show classmates, says AMA member Suzanne J. Templer, DO.
Virginia Skiba, MD, of Henry Ford Health, started her career in neurology but switched to sleep medicine after about a decade. Find out why.
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.
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Build a framework for the implementation of AI in practice during this seven-month shared learning collaborative launching April 2025.
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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.
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The Office of International Relations works to maintain the AMA’s relationships with national medical associations and global health care organizations.
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.
Unless Congress repeals Medicare's flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula by March 31, Virginia physicians face a 24 percent cut to payments for Medicare claims. If the cut happens, consequences for the state include: - The average physician would get a cut of $17,000. ...
A vote in the U.S. House of Representatives Friday underscores the need for both political parties to work together if lawmakers are to push repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate payment formula across the finish line.
In a letter sent to the U.S. House of Representatives, the AMA urged Congress to abandon its partisan approaches to eliminate Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula.
Last week several hundred physicians met with our members of Congress. Our mission was to spur Congress to act on a bipartisan bill to repeal Medicare’s flawed sustainable growth rate payment formula.
A physician member of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee said he is optimistic Medicare's failed sustainable growth rate payment formula will be repealed this year.
Physicians from dozens of states are meeting face to face this week on Capitol Hill with their members of Congress, calling for immediate action to eliminate the sustainable growth rate formula.
A congressman who has worked to permanently repeal and replace the flawed Medicare sustainable growth rate formula by introducing a bill to repeal it was one of four recipients of the AMA's top government service honor in health care.
More than 600 physician organizations Wednesday asked Congress to pass a bill that would repeal Medicare's SGR payment formula before a 24 percent cut takes effect April 1.
I’m in our nation’s capital this week with hundreds of my fellow physicians at the AMA’s National Advocacy Conference to tell our members of Congress that now is the time to fix the broken Medicare payment formula once and for all.
