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State momentum grows to curb corporate influence in health care

Private equity deals have risen sixfold in health care, sparking physician autonomy concerns. Learn about five ways that states are tackling the issue.

State Advocacy

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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9 ways states are moving to clamp down on physician noncompetes

Here’s a handy guide to help resident physicians transitioning to practice understand the legal trends that will shape their job opportunities.

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Transition to Attending
Transitioning to Practice
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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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“Volume” of bills is 2025’s biggest scope of practice trend

The AMA fights for physician-led teams by harnessing the best evidence and collaborating with state medical and national specialty associations.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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Patients’ stories push lawmakers to act on prior authorization

Critical changes are need to fix the time-wasting, care-delaying payer process. Highlighting prior authorization’s patient impact goes a long way.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
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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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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
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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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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