Clear Search
Ladder in a maze
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4 Min Read

It is time to make prior authorization reform a reality

Reducing the prior authorization burden that harms patients and frustrates physicians is an area of bipartisan agreement that Congress should tackle now.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
Elderly person reads a magazine in a waiting room
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4 Min Read

New administration has golden opportunity to cut MIPS burdens

A Trump executive order calls for deregulation. Fixing MIPS—which costs doctors nearly $13,000 a year to comply with—would be a great place to start.

Payment & Delivery Models
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9 Min Read

March 21, 2025: National Advocacy Update

Reminder: March 31 Medicare MIPS reporting deadline and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
Myra Moghal
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4 Min Read

This medical student found her voice at AMA advocacy conference

AMA member Myra Moghal is training become a physician. At the AMA Medical Student Advocacy Conference, she learned that means speaking up for patients.

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Med Student Advocacy
Succeeding in Medical School
Man leans in front of barn
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8 Min Read

Medicare pay cuts: What they mean for rural America

Patients in rural areas are already at higher risk for poor health outcomes. Squeezing the physician practices that care for them is not the answer.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
AMA in Action: Fighting scope creep
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3 Min Read

Advocacy in action: Fighting scope creep

Inappropriate scope-of-practice expansions threaten patient safety. Patients deserve care led by physicians, and the AMA’s here to stop scope creep. Download PDFs of infographics.

Scope of Practice
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6 Min Read

How AI is leading to more prior authorization denials

Over 60% of doctors say unregulated AI tools systematically deny patients coverage for necessary care. The AMA is fighting to fix prior authorization.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
Bustling hospital corridor
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6 Min Read

Medicare pay cuts: How they endanger physician practices

Physician practices are businesses too. Lower pay over two decades increasingly leaves no option other than cut back staff and—in some cases—close.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Fix Medicare now
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4 Min Read

Spending proposal means devastating 5th year of Medicare pay cuts

Congress is on the verge of abandoning patients and physicians by adopting a short-term funding deal that fails to address broken Medicare pay system.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians