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Physician burnout: Which medical specialties feel the most stress

The overall physician burnout rate has dropped. Find out how your medical specialty compares, and learn what's driving doctor burnout and how to prevent it.

Physician Health
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Myth or fact? Ancillary staff can't document parts of E/M services

Medicare does not require doctors to redocument information in a patient’s record that has already been documented by staff or by patients themselves.

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Administrative Burdens
Debunking Regulatory Myths
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AMA issues checklist for the transition to E/M office visit changes

AMA helping physician practices integrate fundamental changes to the coding and documentation of evaluation and management (E/M) office visit services.

Press Releases
#Best of 2019 telemedicine
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What we learned about telemedicine and health care AI this year

From telemedicine to health care AI, dig deeper into digital health trends shaking up medicine.

Digital
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AMA applauds relief from documentation burden in new Medicare rule

Many physicians will have reduced documentation beginning in 2021.

Press Releases
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6 new digital health CPT codes that you should know about

The new codes will help physicians and others report e-visits, which are patient-initiated digital communications.

CPT®
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AMA Releases 2020 CPT® code set

Updates to medicine’s common language reflect tech-enabled patient services

Press Releases
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Mayo Clinic’s cancer telerehab program boosts quality of life 

A telerehabilitation program yielded improvements in cancer patients’ pain and function, showing the power of relatively low-tech interventions. 

Digital
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Medicare pay should recognize value of surgeons' office visits

The AMA will take a deeper dive into one aspect of the proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Medicare & Medicaid