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3 key senators back physician advocacy priorities

Learn how senators from both parties are working to fix prior authorization, encourage innovative care models and strengthen the physician workforce.

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Federal Advocacy
Fighting for Physicians
APA President Jack Resneck Jr. and CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
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5 Min Read

How doctors shaped prior-auth reforms in Medicare Advantage

CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure says physicians’ stories of prior-authorization care delays helped prompt policy fixes. Learn more.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
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4 Min Read

Medicare physician pay must track inflation—every year

MedPAC recommendation is a good start, but more action is needed to protect older Americans’ access to high-quality care. Learn more with the AMA.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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3 Min Read

AMA commends MedPAC for move to recognize costs of practicing medicine

Physician organizations join together to urge Congress to pass legislation providing for an annual inflation-based payment update.

Press Releases
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5 Min Read

Certainty on pay is key to addressing inequities in telehealth

Discover what North Carolina Medicaid’s chief medical officer is seeing and doing to close the telehealth equity gap and remove payment barriers.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
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4 Min Read

Feb. 24, 2023: Advocacy Update spotlight on prior authorization in Medicare Advantage

CMS takes big steps to fix prior authorization in Medicare Advantage and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
2023 National Advocacy Conference
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5 Min Read

Amid political divisions, physicians unify to protect patients

Doctors gather in the nation’s capital to press for fixes to Medicare payment, prior authorization and other priorities. Learn more with the AMA.

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Federal Advocacy
Fighting for Physicians
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4 Min Read

Medicaid often doesn’t cover self-measured BP. Now that’s changing.

Measuring BP at home can help control hypertension and chip away at the $131 billion cost of uncontrolled blood pressure in the U.S. Learn more.

Prevention & Wellness
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4 Min Read

CMS takes big steps to fix prior authorization in Medicare Advantage

Learn why physicians are backing proposals on prior authorization from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians