James L. Madara, MD, at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the HOD
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4 Min Read

Dr. Madara turns focus to effective transition to next AMA CEO

After helping cement the AMA as a powerful, mission-driven organization during his time as CEO, James L. Madara, MD, will step down in 2025.

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Annual Meeting
Fighting for Physicians
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17 Min Read

AMA Annual Meeting 2024: Advocacy progress on Medicare payment reform, prior authorization and more [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the AMA’s latest advocacy efforts.

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Federal Advocacy
AMA Update Podcast
AMA Update for June 7, 2024: AMA Annual Meeting 2024: Advocacy progress on Medicare payment reform, prior authorization and more
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17 Min Read

AMA Annual Meeting 2024: Advocacy progress on Medicare payment reform, prior authorization and more

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the AMA’s latest advocacy efforts.

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Federal Advocacy
AMA Update
Hospital emergency entrance
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4 Min Read

AMA outlines 5 keys to fixing America’s rural health crisis

Rural health inequities are getting worse, exacerbated by health system strains that are reducing access to care. Here’s how to turn things around.

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Population Health
Fighting for Physicians
Smiling senior woman talking with caregiver while playing cards in kitchen
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6 Min Read

Boost primary care at home with a “medicine cabinet autopsy”

Atlantic Health System’s innovative care-at-home efforts keep older adults out of the hospital. They start by doing inventory on all the Rx bottles.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
Closeup of Capitol Hill
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1 Min Read

AMA Advocacy in Action

Learn from Advocacy in Action about what’s at stake and what the AMA is doing to address the concerns most relevant to patients and physicians.

Federal Advocacy
Senior couple in a telehealth appointment
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6 Min Read

“Telehealth is for everyone” is guiding light at Henry Ford Health

Learn how the Detroit-based health system works to ensure older patients can virtually connect with their doctors to better manage chronic conditions.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
Smiling customer at the pharmacy picking up medications
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4 Min Read

With the EHR, half of prior authorizations get instant approval

Hundreds of staff hours saved so far, says an Ochsner Health physician leader. More importantly, the EHR prior auth workflow is helping patients.

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Prior Authorization
Health System Spotlight
Numbers and a pixelated face
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5 Min Read

For health AI to work, physicians and patients have to trust it

AI and AI-enabled tools are too important and revolutionary to leave questions about liability and governance unsettled.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints