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A “bounty-hunter” Medicare program that takes back payments from physicians must be overhauled, physicians told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in a letter, pointing to a two-year backlog of appeals and prohibitive expenses that result from excessive audits. ...

A recent article in the AMA Alliance magazine Physician Family suggests these ways to prepare your family for the holiday season. Here are a few tips to help you merge clinical and call schedules with the extra seasonal tasks that need attention.

With the release of the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule Oct. 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made it official: funding for independent continuing medical education (CME) will not be subject to reporting under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act as initially proposed by the agency earlier this summer.

For new physicians, getting your research published in a medical journal helps establish yourself as an expert. Getting published isn’t easy so follow these tips from Edward H. Livingston, MD, deputy editor of clinical content at JAMA.

Learn what you need to know about the overpayment recovery process with these three tips and additional assistance from a free online overpayment recovery toolkit from the AMA.

Do you know what patients see when they search your name online? Learn how to curate your online persona to make sure patients get the right impression of you.

Physicians are accustomed to reviewing and embracing new scientific and medical breakthroughs, but innovations on the payment side can come much more slowly.

The AMA Foundation presents the annual awards to honor physicians who embody the highest values of the medical profession: altruism, public service and dedication to patient care.