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How this medical student helps patients through her advocacy

Learn about the work that AMA Government Relations Advocacy Fellow Brittany Ikwuagwu is doing to help advance telehealth, combat inequities.

Med Student Advocacy
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Physicians get extra time to file MIPS hardship requests

CMS has reopened, through Nov. 29, its reweighting request period for the 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Learn more with the AMA.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Oct. 22, 2021: National Advocacy Update

AMA supports passage of the TRIUMPH Act to combat maternal mortality and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Oct. 22, 2021: State Advocacy Update

A history of fighting the harmful practice of conversion therapy and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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How the AMA’s pressing on all fronts to fix prior authorization

Prior authorization gobbles up valuable physician time and delays access to care. Learn from AMA experts about promising efforts to change things.

Prior Authorization
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Solid House majority backs stopping Medicare physician pay cliff

Physicians in the House of Representatives lead bipartisan coalition calling for impending Medicare payment cuts totaling 10% to be averted.

Medicare & Medicaid
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5 cases where AMA has fiercely defended medical liability reforms

Noneconomic damage caps are one sensible reform the AMA has supported in court. Discover the other great work from the AMA’s legal team in this area.

Judicial Advocacy
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ACOG, AMA joint statement on filing to the Supreme Court on SB8

In new amicus brief, leading medical organizations urge the Supreme Court to lift the appeals court's decision in Texas SB8.

Press Releases
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How IMGs have changed the face of American medicine

The AMA’s IMG Recognition Week includes a dive into the numbers that illustrate this vital part of the U.S. physician workforce.

International Med Ed