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New bipartisan bill a crucial boost to Medicare value-based care

The House measure would make key changes to help more doctors take part in APMs. Learn how the AMA is leading the charge to reform Medicare pay.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Fighting for Physicians
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AMA's Medicare Basics series

The AMA's Medicare Basics series provides an in-depth look at important aspects of the Medicare physician payment system and the need to reform.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Medicare Basics series: Transitioning to value-based care—Clinical data registries

CMS' clinical data registry approval process under the Merit-based Incentive Payment (MIPS) program is complex and cumbersome, creating obstacles for value-based care.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Medicare Basics series: MIPS data problems

Value-based care relies on data. Physicians in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) need access to a wide range of information to understand gaps in care.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Validated devices: The missing link in state Medicaid BP efforts

Learn how Medicaid can help patients get accurate devices to measure their BP at home and partner with doctors to address hypertension.

Prevention & Wellness
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Medicare payment reform: The fight to fix Medicare now with Bruce Scott, MD [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about reforming Medicare payment what’s at stake.

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Medicare & Medicaid
AMA Update Podcast
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Medicare payment reform: The fight to fix Medicare now with Bruce Scott, MD

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about reforming Medicare payment what’s at stake.

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Medicare & Medicaid
AMA Update
Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, moderating a panel discussion at the 2023 AMA Annual Meeting
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AMA works to address stigma, barriers in LGBTQ+ care

Find out how the HIV/AIDS crisis helped propel the AMA to step up efforts to address LGBTQ+ health inequities.

Health Equity
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Aug. 11, 2023: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

100+ bipartisan representatives push for MACRA reform and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update