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Item TypeSort ascending by Item Type	Resolution	Comments	Recent
Closed topic BOT 06 - Restoring Balance Billing and Allowing Copay Forgiveness to Preserve Independent Practice and Improve Access to Care By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	6	9	By James Milam Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic BOT 07 - Support for Legislative Changes Allowing Partial Medicare Opt-Out for Physicians By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	7	8	By Dayna Isaacs Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic BOT 08 - Access to, and Retention of, Electronic Medical Records By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	8	7	By Zarah Iqbal Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic BOT 09 - Medicare Should Not Unfairly Penalize Physicians By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	9	10	By Catherine Collings Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic BOT 16 - Ensuring Medical Liability Insurance Transparency and Continuity By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	16	12	By Deborah Fletcher Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic BOT 17 - Addressing and Reducing Patients Boarding in the Emergency/Reducing Emergency Department Boarding through Payment Reform By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	17	14	By Melissa Garretson Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic BOT 21 - Extending and Expanding the AMA Task Force to Preserve the Patient Physician Relationship to Ensure Access and Regulatory Clarity in Gender Affirming Care By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	21	13	By Daniel Kerekes Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 201 - (Recommended for Reaffirmation) Artificial Intelligence Having Prescriptive Authority By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	201	31	By William Reha Posted: 10/22/2026
Closed topic Res 202 - (Recommended for Reaffirmation) Rapid Response Framework for Unsupported Medical Claims by Public Officials By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	202	9	By Isabel Ball Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 203 - Set-Aside Federal Funding for Tribal Health Programs By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	203	9	By Daniel Kerekes Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 204 - Federal Framework for Social Media Access by Minors Under Age 16 By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	204	12	By Anna Yap Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 205 - Ensuring Accuracy and Physician Protections for Patient Attribution in Health Plan Quality Measurement and Value-Based Programs By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	205	12	By Catherine Collings Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 206 - Third-Party Litigation Funding in Medical Liability Claims By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	206	12	By HEIDI HULLINGER Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 207 - Protecting Physician-Led Interventional Pain Medicine, Ending Unsupervised Nonphysician Practice, and Ensuring Patient Transparency and Safety By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	207	14	By HEIDI HULLINGER Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 208 - Facilitating Short-Term Supervised Clinical Training for International Physicians By HOD Office Posted: 9/28/2026	208	13	By Isabel Ball Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 209 - Protecting GME Subject to Funding Uncertainty By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	209	14	By HEIDI HULLINGER Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 210 - Requiring Physician Oversight for Artificial Intelligence Tools By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	210	12	By Arl Moore Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 211 - Fair and Clinically Appropriate EMTALA Investigations By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	211	10	By Stephen Epstein Posted: 10/22/2026
Closed topic Res 212 - Medical Staff Approval of Quality-of-Care Issues Prior to Exclusive Contract By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	212	7	By Jacob Altholz Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 213 - Clear Identification and Differentiation of Physicians and Nonphysicians in Clinical Rosters, Signage, and Listings By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	213	18	By Deborah Fletcher Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 214 - Prohibiting Health Care Sale-Leaseback Transactions By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	214	12	By James Hays Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 215 - Establishing Product Liability for Clinical Augmented Intelligence Failures By HOD Office Posted: 9/28/2026	215	10	By Jennifer Bryan Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 216 - Comprehensive Reform of the No Surprises Act Independent Dispute Resolution Process By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	216	14	By Tilden Childs Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 217 - (Recommended for Reaffirmation) Strengthening the Patients First Act and Medicare Physician Payment Reform By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	217	12	By Deborah Fletcher Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 218 - (Recommended for Reaffirmation) Firearm Manufacturer Accountability for the Cost of Gun Violence By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	218	10	By Anna Yap Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 219 - Opposing the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Produce Child and Adolescent Sexual Exploitative Material By HOD Office Posted: 9/24/2026	219	12	By Mariam Awada Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 220 - Advocating for the Older Americans Act and Community-Based Services for Older Adults By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	220	10	By Adrienne Nguyen Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 221 - Preserving Duration of Status for J-1 Physicians in Graduate Medical Education By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	221	18	By Ida Vaziri Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 222 - (Recommended for Reaffirmation) Increasing Legislative Advocacy and Dedicated National Educational Programming for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	222	11	By Afifa Adiba Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 223 - Advancing Physician Payment and Medicare and Medicaid Access for Street Medicine By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	223	14	By Sarah Smith Posted: 10/22/2026
Closed topic Res 224 - Modernize the Medicare Primary Care Exception to Ensure Appropriate Reimbursement for Services Provided by Residents By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	224	11	By Adrienne Nguyen Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 225 - Supporting a Common Legal Framework for Medical Capacity Holds By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	225	15	By Marianne Parshley Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 226 - Physician-Led Governance of the Use of Augmented Intelligence in Hospital Credentialing, Privileging, and Peer Review By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	226	9	By Jennifer Bryan Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 227 - Increasing Access to Long-Acting Injectable Medications for SUD By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	227	12	By Sophia Peng Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 228 - Hospital-Based Substance Use Disorder Care By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	228	14	By Sophia Peng Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 229 - Protecting Individual Rights in the Era of Developing Neurotechnologies, Including for Mental Augmentation By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	229	8	By Samyukta Karthik Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 230 - (Recommended for Reaffirmation) Due Process, Transparency, and Accountability for Delegated Third-Party Prior Authorization and Utilization Management Entities By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	230	10	By Samyukta Karthik Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 231 - Medicare and Medicaid Payment Equity for Puerto Rico By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	231	9	By Samyukta Karthik Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 232 - Timely Processing of DEA Practitioner Registrations to Protect Patient Access to Care By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	232	8	By Marianne Parshley Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 233 - (Recommended for Reaffirmation) Medicaid Protections & Continuous Coverage for Active Cancer Care By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	233	18	By Mariam Awada Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 234 - Research Infrastructure & Overcoming Non-Medical Clinical Trial Barriers By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	234	14	By Erin Schwab Posted: 10/21/2026
Closed topic Res 235 - Assisting Physicians in Navigating Changes to Medicaid Medical Frailty Exemptions By HOD Office Posted: 9/29/2026	235	18	By Christopher Worsham Posted: 10/22/2026

What doctors want patients to know about perimenopause

Start your day right with these 3 simple stretches

AMA Guides® Editorial Panel selection process

AMA Guides training resources

Medical education webinars and podcasts

Competency-based medical education

Medical Student Outreach Program (MSOP) Resource Center

AMA guide to interviewing with residency programs

Finding my place in medicine: Kathryn Kelly, MD, internist

Which educational activities do residents find most useful?

Top stories of Advocacy Update: October 2026

Oct. 30, 2026: National Advocacy Update

AMA membership dues

UWorld for AMA members

Business of the AMA House of Delegates Interim Meeting

Archive of the House of Delegates Meetings

Medical education leadership opportunities

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

Resident & Fellow Section (RFS) leadership opportunities

Section Involvement Grant program for recruitment and engagement

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Oct. 26, 2026

AMA upcoming appearances

Reference Committee B