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Written by members of the AMA Physician Communications team.

GME Funding

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Match numbers up, but more slots needed to meet doctor shortage

At the conclusion of this year's Match, which took place last week, 5.6 percent of U.S. allopathic medical school seniors were not placed into first-year residency programs, while more than one-half of applicants who already graduated from these schools did not match.

Prevention & Wellness

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On Diabetes Alert Day, keep prediabetes in mind

Do your patients know their risk for diabetes? They may be among the 89 percent of U.S. adults who have prediabetes but don’t even know it. This Tuesday is American Diabetes Association (ADA) Alert Day.

Behavioral Health

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State, federal bills take on opioid overdose deaths with reversal drug

Legislation to increase access to the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone is moving forward around the country, on the heels of Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent recommendations that first responders should carry the antidote with them.

Health Equity

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Help provide care to underserved areas through student contest

Can you help solve today’s most complicated global health problems? Team up with your friends for a competition to win a chance to provide high quality health services to underserved populations across the globe

Behavioral Health

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Critical illness increases patients' risk of developing psychiatric illness

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association examined how critical illness might contribute to psychiatric illness and the need for psychiatric medications after being admitted to the intensive care unit.

Medicare & Medicaid

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Extend review timeline for Sunshine Act, AMA tells CMS

Physicians won’t have enough time to review and challenge false or inaccurate data about financial interactions they have had with drug and medical device companies as a result of delays by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, the AMA told the agency.

Transition to Residency

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Graduating medical students meet their Match

More than 17,000 U.S. allopathic medical school seniors and 16,000 other applicants participated in a physician rite of passage this week—the Match. From finding out whether they matched to a residency program to the final reveal of where they will be working on Friday, Match Week is fraught with nerves, emotions and lots of tradition.

Medicare & Medicaid

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Act now before Medicare patch expires, AMA tells Senate

As the March 31 deadline for reforming Medicare’s broken payment update system draws near, the AMA sent a letter Wednesday to the U.S. Senate, calling on Congress to work across party lines to eliminate the sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment formula while there’s still time.