Top stories of Advocacy Update: March 2026

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Week of March 6

  1. How physician leadership guides licensing and credentialing application reform

    1. March 6, 2026

    2. Removing the stigma of mental health conditions is an essential part of improving physicians’ health and wellbeing, and removing stigmatizing questions on licensing and credentialing applications is a practical way to accomplish just that, said three physicians on a recent AMA Advocacy Insights webinar.

  2. Senate HELP Committee bills would promote health care cybersecurity, protect living donor organ donors

    1. March 6, 2026
    2. The “Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act” would promote improved coordination across federal agencies to ensure heightened cybersecurity in the health care and public health sectors. The “Living Donor Protection Act” would provide numerous significant protections to living donor organ donors while simultaneously promoting organ donation.

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