The AMA's how-to guides focus on practical treatment strategies for patients’ behavioral, mental and physical health needs.
Lifestyle medicine is based on the concept that several common chronic conditions could be prevented with simple and sustainable behavior adjustments.
Michael Jerkins, MD, MEd, heads up a physician-focused banking firm, so he knows the rookie mistakes by heart. Catch up with his expert insights.
Find out about changes to the codes for maternity care services, which includes separate codes for antepartum care, labor management, delivery and postpartum care.
A framework for educators and administrators who create programs for coaching medical students—view videos, purchase books or download directories of workshop participants.
Find how the AMA ChangeMedEd initiative focuses on increased diversity and an improved sense of belonging in medical education.
When looking at doctor salaries by specialty, competitive fields pay more. But experts say work-life balance and passion should guide career plans.
Each month, the AMA Medical Student Outreach Program (MSOP) identifies one event to highlight as the Section Involvement Grant Event of the Month. Find out more.
Resident physicians at LSU School of Medicine want to use child patients’ creativity to establish a connection.
Before you sign that first physician contract, learn the six moves that can boost your compensation, lifestyle and career development.
Stay informed with top advocacy news and essential updates on key national and state issues impacting physicians, patients and the healthcare environment in September 2026.
Energy and Commerce hearing highlights Patients First Act, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Join AMA for a panel discussion on how primary care physicians and ob-gyns can approach sexual health conversations with patients. Learn more and register.
In this AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy webinar, discover how healthcare organizations are transforming revenue cycle management for value-based care.
The Specialty and Service Society (SSS) is the largest caucus in the AMA House of Delegates.
The 2026 SSS Interim Meeting will be held Nov. 7-9 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.
The Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD) works on projects based on actions of the AMA House of Delegates or Board of Trustees.
The council investigates general ethical conditions and all matters pertaining to the relations of physicians to one another or to the public, and make recommendations to the House of Delegates or the constituent associations through the issuance of reports.
Read current and past issues of WPS Members & News Highlights for the latest information on the work being done by WPS members and its leadership.
Registration is open for the Women in Medicine Month webinar, preparations are underway for 2026 Interim and a call for volunteers for the HOD Handbook Review Committee.
In the news: Majority of U.S. report recent fatigue, lung cancer risk factor identified in never-smokers, ADHD linked to gastrointestinal problems and more.
AMA participates in health care conferences and events held throughout the U.S.A. as well as internationally.
Stay on top of what's happening in medical liability to learn more about the latest developments. Browse the AMA’s latest coverage on research, issues, and cases on medical liability laws.
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) has a variety of provisions, including one that prevents federal health care reform laws and regulations from being used as grounds for medical liability.
The nation’s leading medical liability reform law has been upheld yet again in a California court of appeal. The court found the state’s cap on noneconomic damages is constitutional. The cap is set at $250,000.
Physicians in California could lose the valuable protections of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) if a case before a state court of appeal is reversed. The case examines whether the state’s cap on non-economic damages violates the right of trial by jury and equal protection.
The current medical liability climate places a wedge between physicians and their patients, according to the AMA. However, the AMA is pursuing legislative reform efforts at both the federal and state levels.
The subject of expert witness testimony is up for debate in a case before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. In Motorola v. Murray, the issue now before the court is the standards for qualifications of expert witnesses who testify on scientific issues.
Do physicians owe a duty of care to someone other than their patients? This question is at the center of a case before the New York Court of Appeals after a bus driver was injured in a head-on collision with a car driven by a recently discharged patient.
There are liability issues physicians should consider when engaging in the practice of medicine using telemedicine technologies. An expert in legal medicine gives his take on the potential liability climate resulting from use of telemedicine and outlined key steps physicians can take to minimize potential risk.
Although the medical liability environment for physicians is stabilizing, premiums vary greatly by geographic location and expenses to resolve liability claims are at some of the highest levels ever, according to two new AMA reports that examine medical professional liability insurance trends.
Five years after the state government took $100 million from a special medical liability fund in Pennsylvania, a settlement has been reached that provides key protections against future diversion and returns $200 million in overpayments to physicians and other health care providers.
