Poster for naloxone
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6 Min Read

COVID-19 may be worsening opioid crisis, but states can take action

The pandemic is exacerbating the ongoing opioid epidemic. The AMA is calling on states to take specific steps to save lives, reduce harm and get patients treatment they need.

Behavioral Health
Person working at a computer
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6 Min Read

The 12 factors that drive up physician burnout

To reduce the burden placed on doctors, health care systems must look at what external factors are adding to physician burnout. Find out more.

Physician Health
Woman reading a tablet
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3 Min Read

How APIs can cut doctors’ administrative burdens, improve care

Learn why application programming interfaces (APIs)—used properly—have big potential to make clinical decision support tools more effective and less burdensome for doctors.

Digital
Scissor cutting through red tape
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3 Min Read

AMA guide sorts though complexity of COVID-19 prior auth policies

Commercial insurance plans easing their prior authorization policies is a welcome response to COVID-19, but these changes can contain wide variations.

Prior Authorization
Map of the 48 U.S. states
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3 Min Read

State policy changes that can help COVID-19 fight

States can’t allocate trillions the way Congress can. Learn what state policymakers can do in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Infectious Diseases
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4 Min Read

March 27, 2020: State Advocacy Update

State policy options compiled for state regulators on COVID-19 and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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6 Min Read

March 12, 2020: National Advocacy Update

Inoperability rules, HHS to relieve federal burden and more in the latest AMA national advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Paper airplanes
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4 Min Read

8 terms every doctor should know about practice transformation

Understand these essential terms to cut doctor burnout and discover the AMA resources that will help your physician practice change for the better.

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Sustainability
Terms Every Doctor Should Know
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D, Wash.
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5 Min Read

Fight to fix prior auth makes headway in Washington

Physicians have found strong allies in the effort to reform prior authorization: nearly 200 members of Congress and the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Prior Authorization