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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Jack Resneck Jr., MD, 2023 Annual Medicare policy
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4 Min Read

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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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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16 Min Read

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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Leadership
AMA Update Podcast
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16 Min Read

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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Leadership
AMA Update
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1 Min Read

AMA statement on CMS Making Care Primary payment model

The AMA is encouraged to see many of our recommendations featured in this model for value-based care.

Press Releases
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4 Min Read

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 The outdated budget-neutrality rule is one part of the problem that needs fixing.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
Fighting for Physicians
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28 Min Read

How prior authorization disrupts patient care, Part II

In the second part of a two-part series episode of the Moving Medicine podcast, learn about the current state of prior authorization.

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Prior Authorization
Moving Medicine Podcast
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2 Min Read

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.

Advocacy Update
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24 Min Read

How prior authorization disrupts patient care, Part I

In the first part of a two-part series episode of the Moving Medicine podcast, learn about the current state of prior authorization.

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Prior Authorization
Moving Medicine Podcast
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5 Min Read

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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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians