Physician with elderly patient
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4 Min Read

3 steps to add annual Medicare wellness visits in your practice

Medicare’s annual wellness visit (AWV) encourages and pays for preventive care. Find out more with the AMA on how to streamline your AWV workflow.

Medicare & Medicaid
2 Min Read

Improved access to Medicare preventive services

Understand how Medicare beneficiary access to preventive services improved dramatically when deductibles for preventive services were eliminated.

Medicare & Medicaid
3 Min Read

Medicare in-office ancillary services exception

Explore AMA's research on use and spending for Medicare services that qualify for the in-office ancillary services exemption to Stark self-referral laws.

Medicare & Medicaid
2 Min Read

Medicare Patient Empowerment Act

View the AMA's strong support for the legislation that would allow seniors to see the physician of their choice.

Medicare & Medicaid
#Best of 2019 Advocacy
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4 Min Read

Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

From the E/M overhaul to the opioid epidemic, here’s how the AMA has shown itself to be the physician’s powerful ally in health care this year.

State Advocacy
Woman being weighed in physician's office
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4 Min Read

Medicare’s diabetes prevention benefit: What doctors should know

New CME from the AMA offers insight into helping your patients take advantage of Medicare’s new payment for diabetes prevention programs.

Prevention & Wellness
Couple walking through a park
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4 Min Read

6 ways to improve Medicare Advantage physician networks

Medicare Advantage keeps growing, but beneficiaries face shrinking networks, networks suddenly dropping their doctors and a false illusion of choice.

Medicare & Medicaid
Elderly man writing
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2 Min Read

Confusion prevails on 2020 Medicare supplement plan changes

If you turn 65 in 2020, your Medigap options will differ from what’s been available. Here’s what senior physicians should understand about the changing landscape.

Medicare & Medicaid
Smiling woman reading tablet
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3 Min Read

Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.

Bipartisan Senate bill would eliminate barriers that have made it hard for Medicare patients to access telehealth services from physicians.

Digital