Blood cancer includes types such as leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Several are treatable, though patients should be aware of risks, symptoms and when to seek medical help.
Stay informed with news and resources on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), including signs and symptoms, prevention strategies and more.
AMA Guides® content is available through the AMA Guides® Digital platform and through select content integrators that license and deliver AMA content within their own solutions.
Subscribe to the digital version of AMA Guides® to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 6th Edition for the most recent updates.
Sutter Health and Santa Clara University are collaborating on a learning model that will expose future doctors to “real world” clinical environments.
Read about the AMA's agreement with the European Union of Medical Specialties to convert some European CME credit to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Find out the AAMC’s guidance, explore use cases for AI in residency applications, and discover which AI prompts to use—and avoid.
What is an MD? What is a DO? Learn key differences in these medical school paths and the role degree type plays in a physician’s career trajectory.
Before you sign that first physician contract, learn the six moves that can boost your compensation, lifestyle and career development.
Find out why physicians may feel freer than in years past to take needed time off in training, and why it is still a challenge to do so.
Stay informed with top advocacy news and essential updates on key national and state issues impacting physicians, patients and the healthcare environment in September 2026.
Highly anticipated guidance on medical frailty exclusion for new Medicaid work requirements released, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Join AMA for a panel discussion on how primary care physicians and ob-gyns can approach sexual health conversations with patients. Learn more and register.
In this AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy webinar, discover how healthcare organizations are transforming revenue cycle management for value-based care.
Find information on the organizations that make up the Federation of Medicine—including state, county and national medical specialty societies.
Read the House of Delegates (HOD) speakers' updates for the 2026 HOD Interim Meeting.
The Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD) works on projects based on actions of the AMA House of Delegates or Board of Trustees.
The council investigates general ethical conditions and all matters pertaining to the relations of physicians to one another or to the public, and make recommendations to the House of Delegates or the constituent associations through the issuance of reports.
The AMA Women Physicians Section (WPS) Inspiration Award honors and acknowledges physicians who have offered their support throughout the professional careers of fellow physicians, residents and students.
Read about the 2026 WPS Inspiration Award honorees.
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In the news: Brain aneurysms in healthy adults, health impacts of social media, updated respiratory virus season vaccine guidelines and more.
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.
Specialty physicians need to begin working toward APMs that solve the specific barriers they face in the current Medicare payment system. Physician input is key to make alternative payment models work.
Seven alternative payment models under new Medicare system will give physician’s the resources and flexibility to deliver patient care in new and better ways.
New payment models allow physicians to provide high-quality patient care at lower costs. AMA “Guide to physician-focused alternative payment models” gives 3 traits of successful models.
Physician participation in medical homes and Medicare accountable care organizations is examined. AMA report assessed the extent to which alternative payment models have taken hold across the country.
Physicians are looking to new models of care delivery and payment as a proven means of keeping patients healthier and reducing health care costs. But two key barriers still need to be broken down.
Physician practices across the country are weighing a variety of payment models presented by commercial payers. If you’re trying to determine whether these models, which are meant to improve patient care while lowering overall costs, will work for your practice and patients in the long run, don’t miss these key factors.
While physicians always are looking for better ways to care for our patients, actually doing so isn’t easy. Right now, three events are helping us on the journey to new care and payment models.
A new joint study by the RAND Corporation and AMA finds that physicians need support and guidance to further advance delivery reforms.
Researchers conducted case studies to determine the effects that alternative health care payment models are having on physicians and practices. Here are the five things physicians should know about the report.