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Provider networks & access to care

Take action to protect patient’s access to quality care and improve transparency in provider networks.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Health care 2020: Here’s where Congress and the states are headed

The AMA’s senior VP of advocacy offers expert insight on what physicians should expect, and advises doctors looking to make a mark with policymakers.

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Patient Support & Advocacy

Physicians will keep fighting on these 6 key issues in 2020

Health care policy debates must include the trusted voices of doctors advocating for their patients, says AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA.

Judicial Advocacy

Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

From the E/M overhaul to the opioid epidemic, here’s how the AMA has shown itself to be the physician’s powerful ally in health care this year.

Medicare

6 ways to improve Medicare Advantage physician networks

Medicare Advantage keeps growing, but beneficiaries face shrinking networks, networks suddenly dropping their doctors and a false illusion of choice.

AMA Statements

AMA urges Congress to improve surprise bill legislation from this week

Physician community seeks a balanced legislative solution to protect patients from surprise medical bills.

AMA in the News

AMA in the News: December 2019

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for December 2019.

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Patient Support & Advocacy

Payer-backed care shopping plans shouldn’t coerce patients

Employer or insurer-offered financial incentive programs can be useful, but must be transparent. AMA lays out other principles to guide such programs.

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Tracking the Wuhan coronavirus: 5 things doctors must know

10 terms every doctor should know about BP

Pop medicine: How media shapes perceptions of health care

When a colleague struggles with burnout, here’s how to reach out

What’s your resident persona and how could it shape your career?

Medical students: Learn why team-based care is so critical

What makes for the best premed school? 4 key considerations

How a combined residency program can shape your career

National advocacy

More physicians being sued by patients they’ve never treated

These 5 AMA member benefits help medical students thrive

Auto & transportation discounts

Interim Meeting education sessions

Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates

About the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD)

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

LGBTQ leadership opportunities

Minority Affairs Section leadership opportunities

Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds: Week of Jan. 20, 2020

Katherine Pannel, DO: Fierce advocate for mental health care

Insurance Plan Provider Networks

Provider networks & access to care

Health care 2020: Here’s where Congress and the states are headed

Physicians will keep fighting on these 6 key issues in 2020

Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

6 ways to improve Medicare Advantage physician networks

AMA urges Congress to improve surprise bill legislation from this week

AMA in the News: December 2019

Payer-backed care shopping plans shouldn’t coerce patients

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