The new "Health vs. Hype" AMA podcast explores medical misinformation and viral health trends, starting with the rise in protein maxxing.
An infectious diseases physician provides guidance on navigating the flu season.
The move to the AMA’s Organizational Biopsy® will give Texas Children’s Pediatrics better insight into the pressures affecting physicians across its practice.
Streamline medication management and reduce refill requests.
Stay up to date on the innovative projects and outputs from the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative.
Find how the AMA ChangeMedEd initiative focuses on increased diversity and an improved sense of belonging in medical education.
Medical student advocacy can build your career, and the AMA can help. But don’t forget that your work in medical school comes first.
USMLE Steps 1–3, COMLEX Levels 1–2, ABIM and ABFM board exam prep are part of the special offer that ends May 10. Learn more.
Philip Eskew, DO, a direct primary care physician and advocate, gives advice for residents considering this emerging practice model.
Should you pursue a fellowship? The financial opportunity cost might not be a positive, but other factors should also weigh heavily in the decision.
Collaborating and networking to advocate for patients and the medical profession.
AMA Advocacy Insights webinar series examines key advocacy issues from the federal and state levels impacting patients and physicians.
In this Advocacy Insights webinar, learn about what’s happening across the country with medical liability reform. Register now.
AMA and CDC provides an update on current pertussis trends, infection control recommendations and more.
Find information for submitting a resolution to the AMA House of Delegates, including a resolution sample and instructions on how to use the provided template.
Details provided on the application process and deadlines for physicians, residents and medical students interested in joining AMA council and committees.
Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to incorporate and integrate telemedicine and digital health into physician practices.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
Review the list of candidates running for office in the Women Physicians Section (WPS).
Take on a leadership role in the RFS and make an impact on issues facing residents and fellows, patients and the medical profession.
Find a current list of generic drug names the USAN Council is considering and are therefore protected by intellectual property laws.
An MD-PhD student and AMA Research Challenge finalist, Bijoya Basu touts the value of patience, time management and passion in the research process.
Stay up-to-date on the latest developments for switching to alternative payment models (APMs). Make the transition as smooth as possible with resources, articles, and statements from the AMA.
Download PDFs of issue briefs that summarize key health policy issues by providing concise and digestible content for both relevant stakeholders and those who may know little about the topic.
Download PDFs of council reports that advocate policies on emerging delivery systems that protect and foster the patient/physician relationship. Key Council reports on this topic have addressed patient-centered medical homes, precision medicine, APMs, telemedicine, and retail and store-based health clinics.
Lawmakers must reestablish financial incentives that helped spread APMs to a majority of traditional Medicare patients.
Alternative payment models (APMs) are a key approach to achieving value-based care by providing incentive payments to deliver high-quality and cost-efficient care.
Download PDFs of council reports that contribute to the policy options for reforming physician payment. Key council reports on this topic have addressed APMs, Medicaid expansion, the site-of-service differential and high-value care.
New CMS guidance adds flexibility to ACO REACH Model reporting requirements and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Understand the choice of payment options MACRA offers physicians.
Medicare’s pay system is unsustainable. A rigid approach that limits doctor participation in alternative payment models (APMs) is part of the problem.
AMA leads effort calling on CMS to reverse CEHRT utilization changes for ACO/APM participants and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.
