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  • Tackling the overused prior authorization process
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Bobby Mukkamala, MD, at inauguration: 2025 Annual Meeting
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New AMA president: “Determined” physicians can lead health care reform

After surviving a brain tumor, Bobby Mukkamala, MD, begins his term with new perspective on the urgency needed to fix the U.S. health system’s flaws.

Annual Meeting
Bruce A. Scott, MD, at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the HOD
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AMA president: Doctors must turn discontent into decisive action

In a fiery address, outgoing AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, urged physicians to be unrelenting in their efforts to fix a broken U.S. health system. 

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Annual Meeting
Fighting for Physicians
AMA Update for June 6, 2025: AMA Annual Meeting 2025: Budget reconciliation bill update and AMA advocacy in action
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AMA Annual Meeting 2025: Budget reconciliation bill update and AMA advocacy in action

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about advocacy in health care and the latest about Medicare reform.

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Federal Advocacy
AMA Update
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AMA Annual Meeting 2025: Budget reconciliation bill update and AMA advocacy in action [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about advocacy in health care and the latest about Medicare reform.

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Federal Advocacy
AMA Update Podcast
Surgeon on an eye surgery
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Let optometrists do eye surgery? That's going to be a no

New Mexico’s governor vetoes bill that would have set a “dangerous precedent for allowing optometrists to perform surgical procedures.” The AMA is fighting scope creep.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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AMA advocacy efforts

The AMA advocates at the federal and state levels on key health care issues impacting patients and physicians. Download the PDF updates of the AMA's impact. 

Access to Care
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“Volume” of bills is 2025’s biggest scope of practice trend

The AMA fights for physician-led teams by harnessing the best evidence and collaborating with state medical and national specialty associations.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
Arthur E. Apolinario, MD, MPH
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Why We Fight: Hear from our members

The AMA is fighting for you, so you can stay focused on your patients. Hear from AMA members and leaders on these critical challenges. 

Leadership
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Effort to end doctor supervision of nurse practitioners fails

Mississippi legislation would have let nurse practitioners provide medical care independently after completing time-limited collaborative requirement. 

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians