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.
Review the list of candidates to serve as AMA officers, on the Board of Trustees and councils.
Find out about the election bylaws and policies for being elected to the AMA House of Delegates.
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.
Medical regulatory burdens can often get in the way of delivering quality care. Here's how the AMA is working to lighten the EHR load and provide regulatory relief to physicians.
AMA releases second toolkit on No Surprises Act payment process and more in the latest Advocacy Update other news.
Do nurses, medical assistants and others need to log out when switching task types? Discover what the AMA found when it took a look at regulations.
This regulatory myth examines if physicians should bill for both preventive/wellness and evaluation and management (E/M) services when they are performed during the same visit.
This regulatory myth examines if physicians and other qualified health professionals are required to document the time spent on each specific task associated with an outpatient visit.
Ancillary staff and/or patient documentation is the process of non-physicians and non-advanced practice providers (APPs) documenting clinical services.
Medical student documentation is the process of medical students documenting clinical services, including history, physical exam and/or medical decision making, in a patient’s electronic medical record.
The myth: Clinical teams are required to ask patients about their level of pain at every visit, regardless of the reason for the visit.
How does an extended prescription duration help your patients and your practice? Learn more.
There is a perception that the rules regarding where physicians and other health care workers can have food or beverages tend to be overly strict.
