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AMA seeks to boost affordability, competition in ACA marketplaces

Nearly 12 million people obtained coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces this year. The AMA adopts policies to improve the exchanges.

Access to Care
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Barbara L. McAneny, M.D., inaugurated as 173rd president of the AMA

Barbara L. McAneny, M.D., a physician from Albuquerque, N.M., will be the first oncologist and fourth woman to lead the nation’s largest physician organization.

Press Releases
Patrice A. Harris, MD
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Patrice A. Harris, MD, wins office of AMA president-elect

She becomes the first African-American woman to hold the office. AMA trustees, council members also elected.

Board of Trustees
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Tying HCAHPS to safety-net payment yields unsatisfactory results

The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems and other quality assessments should account for social-risk factors.

Health Equity
HOD Delegate speaks to crowd at meeting.
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Policies aim to ease patient burdens for out-of-network care

Delegates want to maintain patient treatment during changes in coverage and to address out-of-network payment and billing issues.

Access to Care
HOD members discuss Veterans health care.
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Physicians offer fixes to improve veterans’ access to care

The AMA will continue collaboration with the VA, calls for new funding for the Veterans Choice Program.

Population Health
HOD speakers panel on stage.
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Retail health clinics’ convenience should not fragment care

If a patient visiting a retail clinic does not have a primary care physician or usual source of care, the clinic should help them find one, says new policy.

Payment & Delivery Models
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March 23, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Health reform, House considers medical liability reform bill and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Doctors vote for improved data, price transparency measures

Physicians at the 2015 AMA Annual Meeting voted to adopt new policies to improve data and price transparency. The principles will help the AMA improve the quality of patient care and promote new payment and delivery.

Annual Meeting