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Written by members of the AMA Physician Communications team.

Sustainability

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1 Min Read

Improved policies and procedures help your practice thrive

Develop your practice’s policies and procedures manual, or improve your current manual, using the AMA’s Policies and Procedures for a Successful Medical Practice.

Leadership

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Among 100 top influencers in health care, physician leaders shine

Politicians and federal agency heads weren’t the only ones voted into the newly released 2014 100 most influential people in American health care by Modern Healthcare. AMA President Robert M. Wah, MD, and AMA CEO and Executive Vice President James L. Madara, MD, were named to the list.

Prevention & Wellness

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4 Min Read

How to help patients manage blood pressure outside office visits

One physician has found how to get patients the extra help they need managing their high blood pressure, both while they’re in the office and through community resources.

Prevention & Wellness

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2 Min Read

Video: How simple questions can save physicians time and money

Physicians can save millions of dollars—and eliminate unnecessary testing—by asking patients just a few quick questions, according to one physician...

Medicare & Medicaid

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Bill seeks to sustain higher Medicaid payments

The Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act would continue the current requirement that Medicaid pay at rates no lower than Medicare for services provided by family physicians, general internists and pediatricians, as well for as ob-gyns who provide a significant volume of certain primary care services.

HIPAA

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Patient privacy court ruling would interfere with care

In Lewis v. Superior Court (Medical Board of California), a lower court ruling grants law enforcement and other government employees broad access to the state’s prescription drug monitoring program’s database. Physicians are flagging the ruling as a violation of confidentiality in the physician-patient relationship.

Prevention & Wellness

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2 Min Read

Video: City is improving public health by sparking conversations

In his role as commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, Bechara Choucair, MD, leverages his experience as an internal medicine physician to empower patients to make the right choices.

RVS Update Committee (RUC)

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Fact check: The real truth about the RUC--and it's no secret

The AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) provides transparent recommendations to the government on the resources required to provide a medical service. Yet its role is often mischaracterized and deeply misunderstood.