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How scope of practice impacts the rising cost of health care with Kimberly Horvath, JD [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about how scope of practice impacts the rising cost of health care.

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Scope of Practice
AMA Update Podcast
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Hattiesburg Clinic embraces data to build on well-being success

Physician job satisfaction at Hattiesburg Clinic far exceeds national benchmark. Now leaders are addressing the needs of early career physicians.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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11 scope-creep bills were introduced this year—in one state

Learn how the AMA helps Mississippi doctors engage lawmakers and beat bills to inappropriately expand nonphysician providers’ scope of practice.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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This pediatrician speaks up for Mississippi moms, infants

Hattiesburg Clinic’s Anita Henderson, MD, the MSMA, and many others spent years pushing to expand Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum. Now it is law.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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What doctors wish patients knew about COVID-19 reinfection

Newer COVID-19 variants are contributing to second or even third SARS-CoV-2 infections. Learn how to avoid the worse outcomes linked to reinfection.

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Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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13 health systems that are innovating to move medicine forward

On prior authorization, telehealth, climate change, health equity and more—these health systems led the way during a trying year. Learn how.

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Scope of Practice
Health System Spotlight
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What doctors wish patients knew about COVID-19 vaccine boosters

Patients have more questions than answers about bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters. One physician clears the air.

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Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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Physician CEO uncovers the value of doctor-led health care teams

Hattiesburg Clinic’s review of its cost-and-quality data became a focal point in national scope of practice debates over physician-led team-based care.

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Scope of Practice
Health System Spotlight
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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
Fighting for Physicians