Physicians score overwhelming victory in bid to fix prior authorization

Insurers are a roadblock to proven reforms on surprise medical bills

Video series highlights physician stories on burden of prior authorization

Administrative simplification advocacy addresses burdens in practice revenue cycle

AMA in the News

AMA in the News: August 2020

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for August 2020.

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CPT®

E/M office-visit changes on track for 2021: What doctors must know

CMS plans to move ahead with big shift on E/M office-visit services. Make sure you’re ready with AMA’s extensive resource library.

Press Releases

Medicare moving forward with planned E/M office visit changes

AMA helping physician practices get full benefit of simplified coding and documentation guidelines.

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Sustainability

Relief from administrative burdens must remain after pandemic ends

When the COVID-19 crisis ends, health care should use lessons learned to further reduce administrative and technological burdens to improve patient care.

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Opioids

Nation’s drug overdose epidemic requires new policy focus

The nation’s overdose epidemic is being increasingly fueled by illicitly manufactured fentanyl, psychostimulants, heroin, cocaine and drug combinations.

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Physician Health

Burnout isn’t due to resiliency deficit. It’s still a system issue.

Even the most resilient physicians have substantial rates of burnout. Learn more about what health systems must do to improve physician well-being.

Medicare

CMS payment policies & regulatory flexibilities during COVID-19 emergency

View the key actions the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services have taken in response to AMA to improve Medicare coverage of services and reduce regulatory burdens on physicians during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Leadership

America’s health care crisis is much deeper than COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic didn’t create the problems in our health system, it revealed them in a way that can no longer be ignored.

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