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June 20, 2025: State Advocacy Update

Updated physician wellness issue brief supports advocacy campaigns and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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12 ways to cut health care red tape and improve care

The Trump administration wants info on rules it can scrap or revise to ease physicians’ regulatory burdens. The AMA offers details on a dirty dozen.

Federal Advocacy
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MIPS penalties once again hit smaller practices the hardest

Nearly half of solo practices were penalized in 2025. Explore the latest stats and how to replace MIPS with a data-driven system.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Fighting for Physicians
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State advocacy

Download an Advocacy Resource Center brochure PDF to learn how the AMA is relentlessly working to advance important state legislative issues that protect patients and physicians.

State Advocacy
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Senate bill would provide 2% Medicare pay boost for 2025

After half a decade of physician payment cuts, the AMA supports a bipartisan bill introduced by Sen. Roger Marshall, MD. 

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Highlights from the 2025 AMA Annual Meeting

Catch up with news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting, which ran June 6–11.

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Annual Meeting
Fighting for Physicians
2025 HOD Annual Meeting of the HOD
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The AMA is standing up for medical students. Here is how.

Delegates took steps to ease Step 1 stress and help unmatched medical school grads, and the AMA opposes harmful budget proposals on student loans. 

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Med Student Advocacy
The Road to Residency
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The AMA steps up its efforts to fix prior authorization

The House of Delegates moves to rein in the broken prior authorization process that endangers patient care and frustrates physicians.

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Prior Authorization
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The states are stepping up on health AI regulation

AMA survey shows physicians warming up to AI, but there’s still need to ensure such tools are developed and used responsibly and transparently.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians