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  • 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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4 Min Read

Medicare should pay for telehealth list services after pandemic

Learn about the AMA’s other comments on the 2022 Medicare physician pay schedule in areas such as clinical labor pricing and diabetes prevention.

Medicare & Medicaid
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3 Min Read

Sept. 10, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Looming threats to Medicare could affect patient access to care and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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3 Min Read

Congress must tackle Medicare pay, telehealth in reconciliation

Massive budget-reconciliation package should stop 2022 Medicare physician payment cliff and keep telehealth’s momentum going after pandemic.

Medicare & Medicaid
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4 Min Read

Hard work ahead to stop looming Medicare physician pay cuts

With nearly 10% pay cuts set for 2022, AMA Senior Vice President of Advocacy Todd Askew says it’s time for Congress to reimagine Medicare payment.

Medicare & Medicaid
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3 Min Read

Congress must not take physicians’ Medicare pay to build bridges

Proposals to take 2% sequester to help pay for infrastructure spending show Congress not taking seriously the fiscal cliff facing doctors in 2022.

Medicare & Medicaid
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5 Min Read

AMA: Wake up to financial peril facing Medicare payment system

AMA raised concern today that Congress seems “indifferent” to the fiscal uncertainty facing the Medicare physician payment system.

Press Releases
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U.S. health spending grew at 4.6% pace before pandemic hit

AMA research analyzes 2019 health spending and offers a preliminary glimpse at COVID-19’s impact on American health spending in 2020.

Research
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10 Min Read

Todd Askew on delay in Medicare cuts and its impact on practices

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the delay in Medicare cuts and and what it means for physician practices.

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Medicare & Medicaid
AMA Update
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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