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Pearl of the Week: Helping MAs feel empowered

Find resources on retaining talent at physician practices.

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AMA STEPS Forward®
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week

Keep your practice doors open

The AMA fights to keep private practice a viable option for physicians. We're working to remove unnecessary burdens and reclaim the time you need to focus on patients.

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Pearl of the Week: Optimize the role of the medical assistant

Find resources on optimizing the role and leveraging skills of your medical assistant.

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AMA STEPS Forward®
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week
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Pearl of the Week: Medical assistant (MA) development program

Find resources to promote life-long learning. 

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AMA STEPS Forward®
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week
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With MAs in short supply, this health system is creating its own

Baptist Health Medical Group in Kentucky and Southern Indiana draws from its own administrative staff to train new medical assistants (MAs).

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Health System Spotlight
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Training up private practice staff fast to help fill MA needs

Learn about an XPRIZE finalist that is taking a new approach to “rapid reskilling” that could help understaffed physician private practices.

Private Practices
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Myth or fact? Support staff must log off EHR between documentation

Do nurses, medical assistants and others need to log out when switching task types? Discover what the AMA found when it took a look at regulations.

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Administrative Burdens
Debunking Regulatory Myths
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Train “encounter specialists” to help alleviate doctor burdens

Discover how using two medical assistants trained in EHR documentation can boost physician morale and improve care in today’s value-based care system.

Physician Health
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As “encounter specialists,” CMAs can boost doctors’ well-being

Specially trained certified medical assistants (CMAs)—two for each doctor—can help cut down on the pajama time spent charting. Learn more.

Physician Health
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Find—and keep—the right MAs for your private practice

Learn about key steps to recruit and retain medical assistants (MAs) who can ease the physician workload while improving patient care.

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