Recent News & Info on Health Care Delivery Costs

Research

Mar 21, 2023 ·

U.S. health spending grows at slowest rate since 2013

While use of medical goods and services started to rebound in 2021, that was outpaced by drops in federal health spending. Dive deep into the trends with the AMA.

Research

UPDATED

Mar 20, 2023 ·

5 MIN READ

Trends in health care spending

Learn about the trends in health care spending and what the AMA is doing to reduce the rate of growth in health care spending.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Nov 11, 2022 ·

2 MIN READ

The obscurity of health care pricing undermines trust in medicine

The lack of transparency around what care will cost can harm patients. Learn more the medical ethical dimensions of pricing opacity.

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Patient Support & Advocacy

Jun 2, 2022 ·

3 MIN READ

Pandemic helped drive health spending past $4 trillion in 2020

While patients stayed home and skipped nonurgent procedures, the government spent a lot more on public health. Learn more about the AMA’s analysis.

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Physician Health

May 24, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

Nearly $1 billion in excess patient costs tied to physician turnover

$260 million of that is attributable to physician burnout. Discover AMA tools to help fight the burnout that leads to higher spending.

Patient Support & Advocacy

1 MIN READ

CPT® descriptors to comply with Transparency Rule for health plans and hospitals

AMA recommends hospitals and health plans use consumer friendly CPT code descriptors to comply with final rule requirements.

Leadership

May 4, 2022 ·

5 MIN READ

Time to step up screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes

As knowledge grows about the link between type 2 diabetes and COVID-19, so does the need to help patients prevent this devastating chronic condition.

Public Health

Apr 18, 2022 ·

13 MIN READ

Lessons from the pandemic with Tom Frieden, MD, MPH [Podcast]

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to podcast updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing lessons from the pandemic.

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Health Care Delivery Costs

U.S. health spending grows at slowest rate since 2013

Trends in health care spending

The obscurity of health care pricing undermines trust in medicine

Pandemic helped drive health spending past $4 trillion in 2020

Nearly $1 billion in excess patient costs tied to physician turnover

CPT® descriptors to comply with Transparency Rule for health plans and hospitals

Time to step up screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes

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