Staff News Writer

The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the long overdue bill to permanently repeal the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. The bill sets into motion Medicare physician payment reforms that will support physician practices that serve our nation’s seniors and military families enrolled in TRICARE.

The largest Match in the history of the National Resident Matching Program saw a higher percentage of medical school seniors failing to place into first-year residency positions. Get all the numbers on the 2015 Match.

As the end of training approaches, medical residents and fellows are probably looking forward to higher income. These five top tips from “Succeeding from Medical School to Practice” can help you prepare for financial life after residency.

Physicians face many challenges in the day-to-day business of keeping a medical practice afloat, and one of the biggest is securing claims payments from health insurers. A new AMA resource helps physicians handle the process of identifying and appealing claims.

The AMA and 16 other organizations representing physicians, pharmacists, and other stakeholders developed a document identifying the challenges of prescribing and dispensing medicines such as opioids.

The current medical liability climate places a wedge between physicians and their patients, according to the AMA. However, the AMA is pursuing legislative reform efforts at both the federal and state levels.

It’s likely that a portion of your patient population has prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes. Today, use Diabetes Alert Day to raise awareness of their prediabetes risk and how can help prevent progression to type 2 diabetes.

Ensuring patients get equitable care is difficult if you aren’t sure who they really are. The AMA Commission to End Health Care Disparities is investigating the collection of race, ethnicity and preferred language data.