Membership Moves Medicine™
An AMA membership means preparing for Medicare payment reform and understanding what this means for your practice.
Access educational resources
Increase your understanding of QPP and be ready for the most significant change in Medicare physician payment policy.
Avoid payment penalties
Track key steps to avoid payment penalties and achieve success under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
Explore Medicare APMs
Access physician-focused solutions for structuring Alternative Payment Models (APMs).
Reducing regulatory burdens
Advocate to improve the financial viability of physician practices in all specialties.
Prepare for QPP with our educational tools & resources
AMA STEPS Forward™ practice improvement strategies can help you maximize your preparedness for quality reporting, value-based care and implementation of the best electronic health record (EHR) system for your practice.
MIPS reduces the aggregate level of financial penalties
The AMA MIPS Action Plan tool helps you:
- Dynamically measure your performance & get recommended steps
- Receive content specific to you depending on which options you select
- Get AMA-recommended due dates and specific CMS deadlines
New opportunities for physicians to develop and participate in APMs
MACRA provides a 5% annual lump sum payment to physicians who participate in qualified alternative payment models (APMs) at certain threshold levels, and it exempts them from the new Merit-based Incentive Payment System or MIPS.
An AMA membership means support for improving Medicare payment reform
- Minimize physician administrative burdens
- Enable physicians to help control aspects of health care spending that they can influence
- Avoid transferring inappropriate financial risk to physicians or jeopardizing the quality of patient care