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5 MIN READ

Changes support well-being for over 1 million doctors and nurses

For years, physicians and other health professionals have shied away from care, fearing career ramifications in licensure, credentialing and more. 

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians

Your powerful ally

The AMA helps physicians build a better future for medicine, advocating in the courts and on the Hill to remove obstacles to patient care and confront today’s greatest health crises.

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6 MIN READ

They’re back: Wide array of scope creep bills proposed in 2024

The AMA helped defeat more than 100 bills to expand nonphysician providers’ scope of practice in 2023. Learn about this year’s legislative trends.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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2 MIN READ

State advocacy

Download an Advocacy Resource Center brochure PDF to learn how the AMA is relentlessly working to advance important state legislative issues that protect patients and physicians.

State Advocacy
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6 MIN READ

Ensuring health insurance competition

Discover the AMA's position on health insurance mergers and why the AMA believes fewer insurance carriers undermine physician practices and harm patient care.

Access to Care
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4 MIN READ

What’s the cost of scope creep? Start counting in the millions

Research at two health systems has uncovered the cost of care when it is delivered by nonphysician providers practicing without doctor oversight.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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Digital health payment

"Will I receive payment?” Physicians need assurances that digital health solutions are cost-effective and provide a path to payment. Download issue brief, policy, model bill and state law chart PDFs to learn more.

Digital
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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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Battlefield widens with hundreds of scope-creep bills introduced

Protecting patients from unsafe expansion of nonphysician scope of practice is paramount. Learn how the AMA fights to stop scope creep.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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Public health improvement

Download PDFs of issue briefs and model bills— resources from the Advocacy Resource Center that can help improve public health in your state.

Public Health