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Once just a burden, prior authorization has become a nightmare

Health plan prior-authorization processes are out of control and have a negative impact on patient care, but momentum is building to pass reforms.

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Prior Authorization
AMA Recovery Plan for Physicians
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Inside the AMA’s wide-ranging fight against scope creep

An AMA-led coalition of state and specialty societies has worked across the nation to block scope-of-practice expansions that threaten patient safety.

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Scope of Practice
AMA Recovery Plan for Physicians
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4 MIN READ

How Congress, states can keep patients connected to telehealth

Without action, virtual care that seniors have come to rely on will mostly vanish after the public health emergency ends. Learn what needs to happen.

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4 MIN READ

M1s help spot emergency patients who can benefit from naloxone

Learn how first-year medical students can add value and learn about addiction medicine by screening patients to ID those at risk of an opioid-related overdose.

Overdose Epidemic
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61 MIN READ

Healing the healer: Making advocacy personal

Watch the State Advocacy Summit keynote address of 2022, held virtually in lieu of an in-person conference, "Healing the healer: Making advocacy personal."

Physician Health
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Jan. 7, 2022: State Advocacy Update

2022 state legislative preview and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Dec. 17, 2021: Advocacy Update other news

AMA Guides overview for 2022 and Oct. & Nov. meeting highlights and more in the latest Advocacy Update other news.

Advocacy Update
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5 MIN READ

2021 tested doctors even further. They found an ally in the AMA.

Learn how the AMA’s tenacious advocacy made its mark at the national and state levels to fight COVID-19 and defend patients and doctors.

Patient Support & Advocacy
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19 MIN READ

Scope of practice and patient safety with Michaela Sternstein, JD

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Michaela Sternstein, JD,

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Scope of Practice
Moving Medicine Video Update