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.
Find news and information from the Special Meetings of the AMA House of Delegates (HOD), which were held virtually from 2020-2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nearly 25% of patients confused about whether PAs are doctors. Delegates say AAPA’s latest marketing move further muddies the waters.
The AMA Board of Trustees called for a Special Meeting of the House of Delegates to take place virtually June 11-16, 2021.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families must be protected and extended, especially amid pandemic-related job losses.
Welfare work requirements, immigration, vaccine privacy & more covered.
Teen mental health ED visits rose 31% in 2020 amid alarming longer-term trends on suicide. Delegates seek tools to help physicians save lives.
New policy calls out escalating crisis in children and adolescent mental health in wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding and research needed to support and provide care to patients with post viral syndromes such as long COVID. AMA policy addresses shortcomings.
New policy calls for the AMA to advocate for legislation to provide funding for research, prevention, control, and treatment of post viral syndromes.
Health equity considerations should play key part in potential moves to mandate COVID-19 vaccination or use digital vaccine credentials.
