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4 MIN READ

As “encounter specialists,” CMAs can boost doctors’ well-being

Specially trained certified medical assistants (CMAs)—two for each doctor—can help cut down on the pajama time spent charting. Learn more.

Physician Health
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4 MIN READ

Find—and keep—the right MAs for your private practice

Learn about key steps to recruit and retain medical assistants (MAs) who can ease the physician workload while improving patient care.

Sustainability
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2 MIN READ

Nov. 5, 2021: Advocacy Update spotlight on final rule for 2022 Medicare physician fee schedule

CMS releases the final rule for the CY 2022 Medicare physician fee schedule in this week's Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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Nov. 5, 2021: National Advocacy Update

New national opioid treatment program resource to support evidence-based care and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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6 MIN READ

Integrated care delivery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Carol A. Terregino, MD, discusses how Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School focused on health systems science and maximized integrated care delivery.

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ChangeMedEd Initiative
Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium Showcase
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Key lessons in health systems science that pre-meds should know

An understanding of the system in which health care is delivered can help pre-meds hit the ground running once they begin medical school.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Physicians get extra time to file MIPS hardship requests

CMS has reopened, through Nov. 29, its reweighting request period for the 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Learn more with the AMA.

Payment & Delivery Models
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11 MIN READ

Oct. 22, 2021: National Advocacy Update

AMA supports passage of the TRIUMPH Act to combat maternal mortality and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Telehealth scenario: Primary care visits

Download the Viridian Family Practice care scenario PDF on primary care video visits, based on AMA's Return on Health framework.

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