Sustainability

Prior authorization research & reports

Read the evidence supporting the need for prior authorization reform.

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Sustainability

1 in 4 doctors say prior authorization has led to a serious adverse event

Physicians in an AMA survey also report that prior authorization delays access to care and that the burden associated with the process has gotten worse.
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Patient Support & Advocacy

Most commercial health insurance markets are highly concentrated

Health insurance competition is sorely lacking, AMA research shows, and growing consolidation is not bringing lower premiums for patients.

Press Releases

Competition levels drop for health insurance markets across 25 states

New AMA study finds half of all states had commercial health insurance markets that were less competitive in 2017 than the previous year.

Research

Health Workforce Mapper for members

A customizable data visualization tool that shows the distribution of physicians and non-physician clinicians by specialty, state, county or metropolitan areas.

Research

Health Workforce Mapper

A customizable data visualization tool that shows the distribution of physicians and non-physician clinicians by specialty, state, county or metropolitan areas.

Digital

Improving electronic health records

We're partnering with multiple stakeholders to improve physician and end-user experience with electronic health records.

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Sustainability

How prior authorization hamstrings physicians

Learn what the AMA is doing to address the administrative burdens, care delays and patient harms related to prior authorization.

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