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March 7, 2025: State Advocacy Update

Record number of licensing and credentialing applications are free from stigma and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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March 7, 2025: Advocacy Update other news

Update on NAMSS’ Ideal Credentialing Standards and more in the latest other news in Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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These women physicians are making a difference in health care

Women physicians are combating burnout, redefining roles and driving change through innovation, leadership and strategies to improve well-being.

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Physician Health
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AMA in Action: Fixing prior authorization
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Advocacy in action: Fixing prior authorization

Download PDFs of reports, model legislation or a state law chart. Prior authorization is a health plan cost-control process that delays patients’ access to care. Learn how the AMA is tackling prior authorization.

Prior Authorization
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To boost physician well-being, say goodbye to “metric madness”

Stop grading the doctor on parking or the cafeteria food, says R. John Sawyer, PhD, of Ochsner Health. Here’s how to find and use metrics that matter.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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Pearl of the Week: Building a culture of wellness

Find resources on how leaders can help physicians feel valued. 

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Physician Health
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week
Isaac J. Myers II, MD
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10 years of Baptist Health Medical Group, led by this family doctor

Isaac J. Myers II, MD, shares how he helped bring hundreds of physicians and nonphysician providers together into one medical group—then double it in size.

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Leadership
Health System Spotlight
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Is medical liability insurance headed toward a hard market in 2025?

The risk is growing, with new AMA report showing that nearly half of reported medical liability insurance premiums rose from 2023 to 2024.

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Farrah Hafeez, DO,
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What it's like to specialize in obesity medicine: Shadowing Dr. Hafeez

Farrah Hafeez, DO, of Henry Ford Health, says a rewarding part of being an obesity medicine physician is seeing patients make steady improvements.

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