Authors of News & Leadership Viewpoints Bookmark Staff News Writer AMA Affiliated Groups News Writer, Authors Written by members of the AMA Physician Communications team. News Authors Catalog of Topics Member Groups (Sections) Academic Physicians Jun 17, 2015 · 3 Min Read Academic physicians have a new home in the AMA The AMA Section on Medical Schools (SMS) changed its name. Its new name, the Academic Physicians Section, reflects a refined focus to better meet the needs of today’s academic physicians, medical educators and faculty. Education AMA PRA Credit System Jun 17, 2015 · 3 Min Read Physicians take on MOC debate The maintenance of certification process was an important topic for physicians attending the 2015 AMA Annual Meeting. Academic physicians had a chance to hear updates on MOC before the AMA House of Delegates considered policy to urge changes to make it more transparent and physician-friendly. Public Health Chronic Diseases Jun 16, 2015 · 2 Min Read How to talk to your patients about melanoma The rate of new cases of melanoma has doubled over the last three decades, reaching 9,000 each year. The start of summer is an important time to talk to your patients about prevention and screening measures for melanoma. Practice Management Claims Processing Jun 16, 2015 · 2 Min Read 6 ways your practice can save by using electronic transactions More medical practices are improving their revenue cycle by accepting electronic remittance advice, an electronic version of a paper explanation of payment. See what 6 ways your practice can benefit from their use. A newly updated AMA toolkit offers the insights you need. About Ethics Jun 16, 2015 · 2 Min Read PM&R: A look at ethics in the “quality-of-life specialty” Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) helps patients manage serious medical and life issues. The June issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics takes a close look at ethical issues in the “quality-of-life specialty.” Practice Management Claims Processing Jun 15, 2015 · 2 Min Read Virtual credit cards could be costing you 5% of your payments More health plans are paying claims with virtual credit cards (VCC). Physicians might not be aware of hidden fees which could be costing you 5% of your payments. You may be losing a significant amount of your contractual payments to high interchange fees charged by the credit card company. House of Delegates AMA Elections Jun 15, 2015 · 1 Min Read New AMA board officers elected Eight physicians were chosen last week as executive officers for the AMA Board of Trustees, representing a wide range of specialties, practice settings and regions of the country. Practice Management Medicare & Medicaid Jun 12, 2015 · 2 Min Read House votes to eliminate Medicare cuts from trade legislation Medicare payment cuts exceeding $700 million were eliminated from legislation that sought to redirect this funding to an unrelated trade program, following an overwhelming vote in the U.S. House of Representatives last week. Now the U.S. Senate must take action. Load More
