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4 Min Read

Pandemic’s telehealth advances will be lost if Congress doesn’t act

Geographic, site restrictions on patient access to telemedicine should be eliminated for good, AMA says in House Ways and Means testimony.

Digital
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9 Min Read

May 7, 2021: National Advocacy Update

New program covering the cost of administering COVID-19 vaccines and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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2 Min Read

Biden signs bill delaying 2% Medicare sequester pay cut until 2022

More action is needed to avoid 4% cut triggered by budgeting rules. Arbitrary, across-the-board physician pay cuts are ill-conceived pandemic policy.

Medicare & Medicaid
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4 Min Read

The bad news—and the good—about obesity and COVID-19

Learn with the AMA how patients’ experiences of the pandemic are giving physicians a fresh opportunity to tackle a longstanding disease.

Chronic Diseases
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1 Min Read

AMA statement on Congress postponing Medicare cuts during pandemic

The Senate and House, Democrats and Republicans, have overwhelmingly acknowledged that cutting Medicare payments during a pandemic is ill-conceived policy.

Press Releases
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4 Min Read

Here’s how physicians can access federal financial relief programs

Federal financial relief programs for physicians continue to evolve. Stay updated with the AMA on how to get help.

Sustainability
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14 Min Read

April 9, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Connected MOM Act will help reduce maternal mortality and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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3 Min Read

Why audio-only telehealth visits must continue

Phone visits have been a lifeline for vulnerable patients amid COVID-19 and payment for them should be maintained after the pandemic’s over.

Digital
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4 Min Read

How unthinking application of “two-midnight rule” can hurt patients

AMA Litigation Center tells federal court patients should have the right to challenge Medicare coverage decisions that reverse physicians’ judgments.

Medicare & Medicaid