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AMA tackles overused prior authorization

Help the AMA stand up to insurance companies and fix overuse of prior authorization. Learn more.

Prior Authorization
Silhouettes of Bruce Scott, MD, and Lisa Egbert, MD, at the 2023 Annual Meeting
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ICYMI: 10 stories to read from the 2023 AMA Annual Meeting

Doctors send an unmistakable message: Fix Medicare now. Delegates also took actions on prior authorization, scope of practice, burnout and telehealth.

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Annual Meeting
Fighting for Physicians
Delegate holding phone and speaking at the 2023 Annual Meeting
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Oversight needed on payers’ use of AI in prior authorization

Doctors working for one payer reportedly spent just 1.2 seconds on each of the 300,000 claims that they denied using AI. The AMA wants regulators to take action.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
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AMA adopts policy calling for more oversight of AI in prior authorization

The House of Delegates adopted policy calling for greater regulatory oversight of insurers’ use of AI in reviewing patient claims and prior authorization requests.

Press Releases
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AMA to develop recommendations for augmented intelligence

As AI promises a new frontier in healthcare and medicine, the AMA is taking steps to advise on the immediate implications for the practice of medicine.

Press Releases
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Update on the AMA’s 2023 advocacy priorities with Todd Askew

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the update on the AMA’s 2023 advocacy priorities.

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Federal Advocacy
AMA Update
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Update on the AMA’s 2023 advocacy priorities with Todd Askew [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the update on the AMA’s 2023 advocacy priorities.

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Federal Advocacy
AMA Update Podcast
Jack Resneck Jr., MD, speech at 2023 Annual Meeting
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Dr. Resneck: The AMA is equipped to fight attacks on physicians

Working together, physicians can thwart efforts to undermine patients and doctors, said outgoing AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD.   

Annual Meeting
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​​​​​​​June 2, 2023: Advocacy Update spotlight on Cigna modifier 25 policy

Cigna announces implementation delay of burdensome modifier 25 policy and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update