Topic in Focus: Telehealth Adoption

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Sept. 24, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Sweeping $3.5 trillion reconciliation legislation advancing in the House and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Medicare should pay for telehealth list services after pandemic

Learn about the AMA’s other comments on the 2022 Medicare physician pay schedule in areas such as clinical labor pricing and diabetes prevention.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Telehealth bill would require ERISA plans to cover virtual care

Bipartisan House bill would let more patients and physicians enjoy telehealth flexibilities now—and beyond the pandemic.

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Q&A: Ochsner Health taking telehealth program to all 50 states, D.C.

The Louisiana health system has nationwide support team in place to implement its regionally successful chronic disease management programs.

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Omar Maniya, MD, MBA, on leaving the frontlines for private practice

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Omar Maniya, MD, MBA, on leaving the frontlines for private practice.

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Private Practices
Moving Medicine Video Update
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Survey shows video telehealth’s broad reach 6 months into pandemic

AMA report details which physician specialties embraced telehealth and how often they used it. Congress must do its part to maintain telehealth’s momentum.

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Clinical Case Study: Telehealth for Primary Care

This case study examines primary care practices that offer innovative ways for doctors to serve patients via telehealth.

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Congress must tackle Medicare pay, telehealth in reconciliation

Massive budget-reconciliation package should stop 2022 Medicare physician payment cliff and keep telehealth’s momentum going after pandemic.

Medicare & Medicaid
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What it’s like in family medicine: Shadowing Dr. Garofalo

AMA member Christopher Garofalo, MD, finds continuity of care to be one of the great features of family medicine.

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Specialty Profiles
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