Practice Transformation: transform your practice and address your well-being

STEPS Forward™: solving common practice challenges

Myth or fact? Ancillary staff can't document parts of E/M services

Prior authorization practice resources

Patient Support & Advocacy

Health care 2020: Here’s where Congress and the states are headed

The AMA’s senior VP of advocacy offers expert insight on what physicians should expect, and advises doctors looking to make a mark with policymakers.

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Physician Health

Feeling burned out? Try picking up the phone to call your coach

Professional coaching may be one effective strategy to reduce physician burnout and improve well-being, says research published in JAMA. Learn how it works.

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Sustainability

How previsit labs lead to richer patient-physician conversations

Learn more from the AMA on how to get the most out of previsit laboratory testing.

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Sustainability

6 handy guides to save up to 3 hours a day in your practice

If one of your 2020 resolutions is to cut down on wasted time in your physician practice, these new AMA resources can help.

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Physician Health

8 terms every doctor should know about physician burnout

You’ve most certainly heard of physician burnout, but there some related terms that are important for physicians to understand.

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Digital

How to keep patient information secure in mHealth apps

See what mHealth app developers must do to ward off security threats and keep users’ sensitive information out of the wrong hands.

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Patient Support & Advocacy

Physicians will keep fighting on these 6 key issues in 2020

Health care policy debates must include the trusted voices of doctors advocating for their patients, says AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA.

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Sustainability

Myth or fact? Ancillary staff can't document parts of E/M services

Medicare does not require doctors to redocument information in a patient’s record that has already been documented by staff or by patients themselves.

Essential Sustainability Tools & Resources

Electronic transaction toolkits for administrative simplification

Prior authorization reform resources

State medical liability reform

Physician cybersecurity

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