For an internist in Ann Arbor, Michigan, participating in a diabetes prevention program has helped him further the conversation about prediabetes. Learn more.
A physician-backed amicus brief details why reinstating a Kentucky mandate designed to end a safe and effective abortion procedure is a bad idea.
Research shows that professionals at high-brainpower companies such as Google and Roche have found some stress relief with a mindfulness meditation app.
More than 1,000 EDs have transformed their clinical care practices to make a massive, lifesaving impact.
These health-plan fundamentals that can have a major impact on a lifelong career in medicine.
Learn more about the 15 medical schools and institutions receiving funds under the 2019 AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Innovation Grant Program.
This USMLE Step 2 exam question deals with a 42-year-old woman who comes to the physician because of a four-month history of intermittent abdominal cramps and diarrhea.
Residents and young doctors, learn from the AMA about what to look for in physician compensation and benefit packages.
Court says juries can’t rely on “common knowledge” gained through ad campaigns when making decisions in cases that involve complex medical conditions.
The effort to understand which conditions foster health—and which create inequities—must be reinforced in medical school and extend throughout a physician’s career.
The AMA offers membership to international medical school graduates (IMGs) who are currently ECFMG-certified and are waiting to match into a U.S. residency program (GME position).
Headspace is the meditation and mindfulness app helping health care professionals live happier and healthier.
Use the AMA meeting app during the Annual or Interim Meetings for comprehensive information about activities and events.
The HOD speakers welcome comments for reports under development for the upcoming 2019 Interim Meeting and the 2020 Annual Meeting.
See how the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) studies long-term strategic issues related to AMA’s vision, goals and priorities.
The Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD) works on projects based on actions of the AMA House of Delegates or Board of Trustees.
Some of the current projects of the CLRPD include:
The American Medical Association is proud to celebrate September as Women in Medicine Month. “Women in Medicine: Trailblazers, Advocate, and Leaders” is this year’s theme.
View images and sample social media posts you can use and share on social media to celebrate Women in Medicine Month during September.
AMA member and IMG Saby Karuppiah, MD, MPH, became a doctor to help people because his mother struggled with lack of health care during her childhood.
AMA member and IMG Subhash Chandra, MD, reminds patients and physicians of their right to mental, physical and spiritual well-being.
Patient Support & Advocacy
Everyone agrees patients should be kept out of the middle of billing disputes. These other policy fixes will help ensure that patients can get care when they need it.
Members of Congress will hold town halls throughout August. Physicians should let them know about proven reforms to address surprise medical bills.
Payer lobbyists are badly mischaracterizing congressional legislation that includes an effective way to resolve pay disputes and protect patients.
Press Releases
The AMA said today that insurers are muddying waters over the impact of surprise billing legislation approved recently by the EC Committee.
AMA Statements
The AMA remains committed to protecting patients from surprise bills and committed to working with committee members to secure fair out-of-network payments.
The AMA remains committed to working with all the committees of jurisdiction to forge a balanced approach to protect patients and their access to health care.
A bipartisan House bill addressing unanticipated out-of-network care and calls for the independent arbitration process the AMA has advocated.
AMA and 120 medical organizations agree that when patients cannot select in-network physicians they should be protected from being charged above in-network rates.
The AMA commends cosponsors of the Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act for efforts to address the impact that these bills can have on families.
Narrow payer provider networks are a big driver of unanticipated out-of-network care, AMA Trustee Bobby Mukkamala, MD, tells a key House committee.
