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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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Independent Payment Advisory Board

Gain more insight into the AMA's successful fight to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Medicare & Medicaid
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MACRA resources by state & specialty

Find links to MACRA resources offered by state and specialty societies.

Medicare & Medicaid
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2018 Medicare payment cuts for clinical testing

New payment rates went into effect on Jan. 1, 2018 for rapid point-of-care testing performed in a physician’s office.

Medicare & Medicaid
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July 13, 2017: National Advocacy Update

AMA urges modifications in opioid prescriber education blueprint; New update provides better Quality Payment Program reporting; Many physicians, still fuzzy on details, feel unprepared for QPP

Advocacy Update
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Nov. 14, 2019: Advocacy spotlight on 5 things doctors need to know about 2020 Medicare fee schedule

5 things doctors need to know about 2020 Medicare fee schedule: The AMA's experts have prepared a summary of the 2020 changes to QPP and Medicare physician payment.

Advocacy Update
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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
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Oct. 18, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Updates to Quality Payment Program, QPP, Medicare Advantage networks and more in the latest from AMA national advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Oct. 4, 2019: Advocacy spotlight on Highlights of CMS' 2020 physician fee schedule and QPP proposed rule

The AMA has submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the 2020 physician fee schedule and quality payment program (QPP) proposed rule. Find out about this and other highlights.

Advocacy Update
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Efforts to improve Medicare payment reform

Read about the AMA’s ongoing work to provide physicians with flexibility and more payment options under MACRA.

Medicare & Medicaid