From drug take-back events to multimodal post-op pain control, physicians see their innovations take hold to benefit patients and communities.
The new "Health vs. Hype" AMA podcast explores medical misinformation and viral health trends, starting with the rise in protein maxxing.
Exclusive AMA data shows doctor burnout easing for the fourth consecutive year, but persistent system challenges mean ongoing efforts are still needed.
Burnout rates are falling overall, and even some hard-hit specialties improved. But AMA exclusive data shows differences across physician specialties remain.
Stay up to date on the innovative projects and outputs from the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative.
Find how the AMA ChangeMedEd initiative focuses on increased diversity and an improved sense of belonging in medical education.
Medical students on core clerkship rotations should ask themselves four questions to maximize their specialty-choice related fact finding.
Medical student advocacy can build your career, and the AMA can help. But don’t forget that your work in medical school comes first.
With more states restricting or banning physician noncompete clauses, the legal landscape is becoming more complex. A legal expert outlines some essentials.
Philip Eskew, DO, a direct primary care physician and advocate, gives advice for residents considering this emerging practice model.
Collaborating and networking to advocate for patients and the medical profession.
AMA Advocacy Insights webinar series examines key advocacy issues from the federal and state levels impacting patients and physicians.
Join AMA for a panel discussion on lifestyle factors that impact dementia risk and ways physicians can help patients better maintain cognitive health.
In this Advocacy Insights webinar, learn about what’s happening across the country with medical liability reform. Register now.
Find travel, hotel, child care, and inauguration details for the 2026 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates taking place June 5-10 in Chicago.
Find information for submitting a resolution to the AMA House of Delegates, including a resolution sample and instructions on how to use the provided template.
Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to incorporate and integrate telemedicine and digital health into physician practices.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
Find the agenda, documents and more for the 2026 MSS Annual Meeting on June 4-5 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Find the agenda, documents and more for the 2026 WPS Annual Meeting on June 5 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Find a current list of generic drug names the USAN Council is considering and are therefore protected by intellectual property laws.
An MD-PhD student and AMA Research Challenge finalist, Bijoya Basu touts the value of patience, time management and passion in the research process.
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) is a 2017 Medicare payment reform law that repealed the SGR formula. Browse the AMA’s latest MACRA studies, commentary, and press releases.
Physicians from across the country paid house calls to their members of Congress this week, visiting Capitol Hill to call for Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) reform and relief from the regulatory tsunami burdening practices. Physicians meet with Sen. A...
A congressman and physician who has worked to permanently repeal and replace the flawed Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula by introducing a bill to repeal it was one of seven recipients of the AMA’s top government service honor in health care.
The HHS aligned with the AMA's commitment to reform care delivery to promote quality care for seniors on Medicare and reduce regulatory burdens on physicians.
Only days remain until Congress concludes its “lame duck” session. That’s not much time for lawmakers to address a long agenda—but support is building in the nation’s capital to eliminate Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula this year.
Support is growing to finally move Medicare into the 21st century by employing practical solutions to problems that have plagued the system for years, including repealing the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) that has been a failure since it was first enacted.
Congress is closer than ever to passing broadly supported legislative policy that would eliminate Medicare’s flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula—and a permanent solution would come not a moment too soon.
Members of Congress received house calls from physician leaders last month urging their U.S. senators and representatives to make repealing Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula a priority for the lame duck session.
New proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would impact many aspects of physician payment and federal regulatory programs, but many of these changes are not for the better. In a letter sent last week, the AMA urged the agency to make revisions to avoid negative effects on physicians and patients.
In their annual report about the financial future of the program released Monday, the Medicare trustees announced that they will no longer base their budget assumptions on current law calling for physician payment cuts resulting from the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, demonstrating a general agreement that it’s time to get rid of the broken formula once and for all.
