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4 ways to make MIPS data more actionable and timely for doctors

Physicians face up to 9% penalties in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), but don’t get the info they need to improve. Learn more.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Fighting for Physicians
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Why DEA’s latest move on telehealth could be a lifesaver

Telemedicine access to medications for opioid-use disorder can cut the odds of overdose deaths. Learn how the AMA’s supporting telehealth.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
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Medicare physician pay is unsustainable and getting worse

Physicians have already made more than 150,000 contacts with Congress to explain the need to fix Medicare now. Learn more and make your voice heard.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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What’s the cost of scope creep? Start counting in the millions

Research at two health systems has uncovered the cost of care when it is delivered by nonphysician providers practicing without doctor oversight.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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Oct. 20, 2023: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

Budget neutrality legislation discussion draft released by GOP Doctors Caucus co-chairs and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Oct. 20, 2023: National Advocacy Update

National Addiction Treatment Week underscores urgent need for comprehensive solutions to the overdose and death epidemic and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Oct. 20, 2023: State Advocacy Update

Register now: 2024 AMA State Advocacy Summit and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Oct. 20, 2023: Advocacy Update other news

Opioid overdose epidemic podcast series is now available and more in the latest Advocacy Update other news.

Advocacy Update
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To hear this ob-gyn’s pregnancy advice, patients can press play

AMA member Nariman Heshmati, MD, finds new ways to positively affect patient care. One of them is to answer common pregnancy questions on YouTube.

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