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A strong advising team can help your private practice flourish

A private practice requires reliable advice regarding the law, finances and more. Here’s how to get started with resources for running a practice.

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3 overlooked ways to make your private practice more efficient

Conduct better team meetings, plan ahead for smoother patient visits and make prescription renewals a once-a-year task.

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How to create a vibrant culture in your private practice

Private practice offers you a chance for real leadership and autonomy in medicine. Find out how to strengthen your leadership skills and achieve excellence in team-based care.

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Health care AI must boost the quadruple aim to move forward

Use of augmented intelligence (AI) in health care is evolving rapidly, and the AMA is proactively addressing key issues related to standards, clinical validation, liability and usability.

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Verma: CMS seeks less health care regulation, more competition

In a speech to the AMA House of Delegates, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma touts agency’s efforts to cut physicians’ administrative burdens.

Medicare & Medicaid
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3 keys to getting paid and thriving in private practice

So you’ve decided an employment setting isn’t the right fit for you? That makes close attention to payment an even bigger priority.

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The AMA path to private practice

Follow the AMA path to private practice for the steps you can take for a successful private practice.

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May 18, 2019: Advocacy spotlight on Employed physicians now exceed those who own their practices

Chances are likely that a physician is employed by someone. Read this summary of the latest from AMA's Policy Research Perspectives (PRP) series.

Advocacy Update
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Employed physicians now exceed those who own their practices

AMA survey reveals milestone, but many doctors still thrive in private practice and the trend toward hospital ownership of practices has slowed in recent years.

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