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AMA Update for Oct. 7, 2024: Is team-based care better? Benefits of physician-led care and how to get started in team-based care
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Is team-based care better? Benefits of physician-led care and how to get started in team-based care

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about physician-led team-based care.

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AMA Update

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  • Fight for physicians and patient rights
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Is team-based care better? Benefits of physician-led care and how to get started in team-based care [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about physician-led team-based care.

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Series details problems with lax nurse-practitioner training standards

A series from Bloomberg News digs deep to explore how and why “the increasing reliance on ill-trained nurse practitioners is imperiling U.S. patients.”

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AMA Advocacy Insights webinar series

AMA Advocacy Insights webinar series examines key advocacy issues from the federal and state levels impacting patients and physicians.

Federal Advocacy
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AMA Advocacy issue briefs

Download PDFs of issue briefs that summarize key health policy issues by providing concise and digestible content for both relevant stakeholders and those who may know little about the topic.

Federal Advocacy
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Physicians to Congress: Don’t expand pharmacists’ scope of practice

A bill in Congress to let pharmacists test, diagnose and prescribe could put patients in harm’s way and lead to siloed and uncoordinated care.

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July 26, 2024: National Advocacy Update

AMA-led coalition voices unified opposition to pharmacist scope of practice expansion and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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Texas rejects whopping 140 scope of practice bills

AMA’s help was “key” to Texas Medical Association’s success in fighting scope creep, says Beaumont anesthesiologist G. Ray Callas, MD.

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AMA Update for July 12, 2024: AMA Advocacy: Who does the AMA represent and what does the American Medical Association fight for? (index only)
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AMA Advocacy: Who does the AMA represent and what does the American Medical Association fight for?

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about AMA priorities and policy goals.

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