Person checks blood pressure
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Ochsner Health’s digital program recognized for BP management

A study found Ochsner Health’s digital hypertension platform has clinical benefits, potential long-term savings and improvements to population health. 

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Prevention & Wellness
Health System Spotlight
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1 Min Read

Pearl of the Week: A team approach in value-based care

Find resources on building a value-based care practice. 

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AMA STEPS Forward®
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week
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Medicare pay cuts: How they endanger physician practices

Physician practices are businesses too. Lower pay over two decades increasingly leaves no option other than cut back staff and—in some cases—close.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Fix Medicare now
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4 Min Read

Spending proposal means devastating 5th year of Medicare pay cuts

Congress is on the verge of abandoning patients and physicians by adopting a short-term funding deal that fails to address broken Medicare pay system.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Congress abandons Medicare patients and their physicians

Congress’s new spending package locks in a devastating fifth consecutive year of Medicare cuts, jeopardizing access to care for 66 million Medicare patients.

Press Releases
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of March 3, 2025

In the news: Mortality rates among health care workers, EHR working time for physicians, MedPAC’s move toward Medicare pay reform and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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March 7, 2025: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

GOP Doc Caucus endorses H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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AMA welcomes MedPAC’s move toward Medicare reform

Commissioners discuss indefinitely linking payment updates for physician practices to the growth in the cost of providing care.

Press Releases
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6 Min Read

Medicare pay cuts: How they threaten patients’ access to care

Whether they live in big cities or small towns, are young or old, patients are losing access to physicians. Congress must fix Medicare now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians