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Margaret Rea and Allison Knight
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4 Min Read

Burnout hits physician educators too. Focus on 4 areas to improve.

Physician faculty and other medical educators must feel valued to sustain the mission of medical training. Learn more with the AMA.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
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4 Min Read

Future physicians see impact of scope-of-practice expansions

Medical students are dispirited by seeing nonphysician providers with less training than they have already delivering care. Learn more with the AMA.

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Med Student Advocacy
Fighting for Physicians
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4 Min Read

AMA defends medicine from scope creep anytime, anywhere

As legislative sessions wrap, AMA again shows strong record of working to help stop scope-of-practice expansions that compromise patient care.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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4 Min Read

Congress to CMS: Finalize plans to streamline prior authorization

Bipartisan congressional majority presses CMS to implement proposed changes within Medicare Advantage and go further to fix prior authorization.    

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
Hospital exterior
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7 Min Read

Most hospitals fail to tackle physician burnout comprehensively

For large hospitals, 61% have measured burnout and 76% have a well-being committee, but that’s just the start. An AMA road map outlines next steps.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
Michaela Sternstein
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4 Min Read

To advance AMA Recovery Plan, physicians’ voices are essential

To fix Medicare physician payment and achieve other key goals, doctors must be bold in sharing their stories and asking lawmakers for help.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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4 Min Read

Proposed 3.36% Medicare pay cut shows why overhaul is badly needed

The cost of practicing medicine will rise 4.5%, yet physician pay is set to fall. The AMA is building momentum in Congress to fix Medicare now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Data network points across the U.S.
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4 Min Read

How states can boost telehealth with more flexible licensure

Learn about emerging physician licensure models and how the AMA is helping states the tools they need to expand the scale and reach of telehealth.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
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Future doctors’ advocacy is one key to solving physician burnout

Medical students and residents are among medicine’s biggest advocates. A new book outlines how to put their energy to work for physician well-being.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians