Stethoscope in the shape of a computer screen
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5 MIN READ

Telehealth flexibilities assured for the bulk of 2022

$1.5 trillion spending bill has provisions enabling doctors to keep offering telehealth after PHE’s over and sets the stage for permanent fixes.

Digital
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3 MIN READ

The AMA salutes Congress for passing omnibus telehealth provisions

The omnibus spending bill promises a new era of access for patients across the country.

Press Releases
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2 MIN READ

AMA presents Government Service Award to Senator Roy Blunt

The American Medical Association (AMA) presented Senator Roy Blunt, R-Mo., with the AMA Award for Outstanding Government Service.

Press Releases
3 MIN READ

In Full Health initiative to advance equitable health innovation

The In Full Health initiative to advance equitable health innovation works to invest in and improve the health of historically marginalized communities.

AMA Center for Health Equity
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13 MIN READ

Karen Smith, MD, on the value of physicians and payor contracting

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Karen Smith, MD, on what physicians need to know about payor contracting.

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Private Practices
Moving Medicine Video Update
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2 MIN READ

COVID-19  health equity resources 

The AMA is compiling critical health equity resources to focus on the structural issues that contribute to and could exacerbate already existing inequities, during the COVID-19 pandemic.   

Health Equity
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4 MIN READ

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Dec. 27, 2021

In the news: Omicron becomes most dominant variant in U.S., COVID-19 deaths fall, quarantine rules are updated and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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12 MIN READ

Dec. 17, 2021: National Advocacy Update

AMA files suit against federal regulators over implementation of the No Surprises Act and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
Downtown Prairie du Sac, in Sauk Valley Wisconsin
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Data drives health system effort on social determinants of health

Marshfield Clinic Health System pushes health equity in rural Wisconsin using social determinants of health data and network of community services.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight