An AMA membership means you are...

  • Working to extinguish physician burnout
  • Leading the charge on Medicare payment reform
  • Tackling the overused prior authorization process
  • Supporting physician-led team-based care
  • #FightingForDocs
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U.S. Capitol building at dusk
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Latest proposed cut—2.8%—shows need for Medicare pay reform

Proposal would mean five straight years of cuts and sends clear signal: With older adults’ access to care on the line, Congress must fix Medicare now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Why we must keep the doors open for physician-owned practices

Ensuring the sustainability of private practice—where millions get care—is an AMA priority, and starts with reforming the Medicare payment system

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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Value-based care’s future rests on reforms to Medicare APM incentives

Medicare’s pay system is unsustainable. A rigid approach that limits doctor participation in alternative payment models (APMs) is part of the problem.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Fix the Medicare flaw that forces across-the-board cuts

The AMA supports legislation to fix outdated budget-neutrality rules that have cut Medicare physician payments by billions.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Cherry blossoms in front of the Capitol building
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Medicare trustees: Current path threatens access to physician care

The gap between rising costs of providing care and falling Medicare physician payment will “become a significant issue in the long term.”

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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MedPAC recognizes need for Medicare update

The MedPAC report recognizes that Medicare is on an unsustainable path.

Press Releases
2024 Annual Meeting of the HOD
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Highlights from the 2024 AMA Annual Meeting

Catch up with the news and key moments as the House of Delegates bolsters the AMA's work on Medicare pay, scope creep, prior authorization and more. 

Annual Meeting
Delegates in line to speak at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the HOD
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Why Medicare pay reform is the AMA’s top advocacy priority

The system threatens physician practice sustainability and access to care. Delegates bolster the AMA’s aggressive efforts to fix Medicare now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
 Bruce A. Scott, MD, at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the HOD
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New AMA president will fight for doctors and their patients

Kentucky otolaryngologist Bruce A. Scott, MD, takes over as 179th AMA president and pledges to take on forces that are leading to physician burnout.

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Annual Meeting
Fighting for Physicians