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  • Tackling the overused prior authorization process
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Medical profession speaks with one voice: Fix Medicare—now

When the AMA House of Delegates acts, it represents medicine’s voice. They are unified on overhauling the broken Medicare physician pay system.

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​​​​​​​June 16, 2023: Advocacy Update spotlight on new Fix Medicare Now website

Learn how you can get involved in the fight to #FixMedicareNow and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

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ICYMI: 10 stories to read from the 2023 AMA Annual Meeting

Doctors send an unmistakable message: Fix Medicare now. Delegates also took actions on prior authorization, scope of practice, burnout and telehealth.

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Jack Resneck Jr., MD, 2023 Annual Medicare policy
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Fixing Medicare physician pay system a top priority for the AMA

The broken payment system is on an unsustainable path. Physicians have the right ideas to overhaul it, and new AMA campaign will make Washington listen.

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AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, talks Medicare payment, physician burnout & reproductive care [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more as AMA President Jack Resneck, Jr., MD, reflects on his presidency and shares what it was like to lead the AMA through the past year.

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AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, talks Medicare payment, physician burnout & reproductive care

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more as AMA President Jack Resneck, Jr., MD, reflects on his presidency and shares what it was like to lead the AMA through the past year.

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How Medicare’s budget-neutrality rule is slanted against doctors

Medicare’s unsustainable pay system threatens access to care. The outdated budget-neutrality rule is one part of the problem that needs fixing.

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Payment & Delivery Models
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May 19, 2023: Advocacy Update spotlight on "Medicare basics" series

New “Medicare basics” series offers background for advocates and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

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Physicians unite to back cornerstone of Medicare pay overhaul

Linking Medicare physician pay updates to inflation is the first of a three-part plan for a more sustainable system. Learn more with the AMA.

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