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5 steps to get a handle on your practice's cyber vulnerability

83% of physicians say their practice has experienced a cyberattack. The AMA offers expert advice to help you understand and minimize the risk to your patients’ health information.

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Understand your options for affiliating with other practices

Physician practice mergers, or affiliations, can be the route to your success. Here is how to evaluate whether that is the best path for you.

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Physician interdependence and independent practices can coexist

Independent physicians can pool financial resources to build their practice infrastructure and create economies of scale under new integration models.

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Moving to new payment models: What you need to know

The writing is on the wall when it comes to the new ways for physicians to get paid for the care they provide. Here is what you need to know.

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June 1, 2017: Advocacy spotlight on Physician-owned practices dip below 50 percent

According to AMA's Physician Practice Benchmark Surveys, physician-owned practices have dipped below 50 percent.

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For first time, physician practice owners are not the majority

The AMA offers strategies and resources to help physicians regardless of whether they own or are employed, work in a big practice or small.

Research
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6 steps to starting your own diabetes prevention program

Members of a care team that implemented its own lifestyle-change program share their insights, including where to find helpful resources.

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With no DPP in reach, a family medicine practice created its own

A family medicine practice created its own diabetes prevention program (DPP). The physician leading the project explains how patients are benefiting.

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Cancer medical home model cuts costs, improves care

The Come Home concept can save $20,000 per patient. The approach is being adopted across the nation for Medicare patients.

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