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May 13, 2022: Advocacy Update spotlight on prior auth & Medicare Advantage plans

How Medicare Advantage plans wrongly deny prior auth requests and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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How Medicare Advantage plans wrongly deny prior auth requests

Prior-authorization requests met Medicare’s clinical coverage criteria and were still denied, the OIG found. Learn how the AMA is tackling prior auth.

Prior Authorization
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The American Medical Association's 175th Anniversary

Celebrate the American Medical Association's 175th anniversary. Learn more about when medicine meets the moment.

AMA History
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AMA agrees with recommendations from investigation of Medicare Advantage plans

More oversite of authorization controls is needed.

Press Releases
Maureen Leffler, MD
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Q&A: Helping doctors find the leader in themselves to cut burnout

Maureen Leffler, MD, says that leadership skills give doctors what they need to change the system, influence others and find joy in work.

Physician Health
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Why D.C. Council should act now to fix prior authorization

Prior authorization is bad for patients and physicians. The AMA is fighting in the D.C. Council, and Congress, to fix this obstacle to patient care.

Prior Authorization
Janis M. Orlowski, MD, and Gerald E. Harmon, MD
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Doctor shortages are here—and they’ll get worse if we don’t act fast

Two of America’s most influential physician voices detail what’s driving the shortage, how the pandemic’s exacerbating it, and how it can be overcome.

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Sustainability
Moving Medicine Podcast
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Q&A: A drug changed this M4’s life. Prior auth nearly upended it.

Prior authorization is often a headache for practicing physicians. For AMA member Victoria Gordon, it threatened to set back her medical training.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
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5 critical actions to take now to improve physician well-being

With the pandemic entering its third year, here’s what health system leaders should do now to relieve an overburdened physician workforce.

Physician Health