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      Diabetes prevention message not getting through? What you can do

      More than a quarter of adults eligible for a diabetes prevention program express interest in participating, but few are being referred.

      Opioid epidemic: Huge funding boost needed to close treatment gap

      Administrative and insurance barriers continue to block access to treatment, AMA President-elect Susan R. Bailey, MD, tells Congress.
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      FDA must guard against bias in AI, focus on patient outcomes

      Physicians urge the agency to address risks and to focus on patient outcomes, particularly for systems that use machine learning.
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      Medicaid value-based care: Should your practice take part?

      States are infusing Medicaid programs with value-based design concepts. The AMA helps you understand the risks and opportunities these programs offer
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      How is GME funding being spent? The AMA calls for answers

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      Making med school diversity more than a box-checking exercise

      The racial and ethnic makeup of American physicians doesn’t align with the racial and ethnic makeup of America. That needs to change.
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      What it’s like to specialize in otolaryngology: Shadowing Dr. Jones

      The specialty involves an exciting variety of in-office and procedural care for everything from tonsillectomies to serious head-and-neck cancer cases.
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      USMLE high-yield topics: In the eye of the beholder?

      What material is going to be on your USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 exams? That’s one question with few guaranteed right answers.
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      Supreme Court listens to AMA regarding adolescents’ development 

      When the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to rule on cases that involve adolescents, justices trusted what the AMA has to say about developing minds. 

      Why the AMA is committed to a diverse physician workforce

      Texas Tech’s decision to no longer consider race in medical school admissions decisions is a setback to the profession’s efforts on diversity and health equity.
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      4 ways the AMA can help you save on physician practice costs

      Discounts for AMA members make it possible to keep a practice well-equipped and running smoothly while saving at every step of the way.
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      Review the list of candidates for the 2020 HOD election for the AMA Board and councils.
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      Highlights from the 2019 AMA Annual Meeting

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      The council investigates general ethical conditions and all matters pertaining to the relations of physicians to one another or to the public, and make recommendations to the House of Delegates or the constituent associations through the issuance of reports.

      Physician payment reform: Council on Medical Service reports

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      2019 IMGS Annual Meeting highlights

      Review highlights from the International Medical Graduates Section (IMGS) 2019 Annual Meeting.

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      Review highlights from the Women Physicians Section (WPS) 2019 Annual Meeting.
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      A leading health care trade publication has released its list of top 50 clinical executives. Twenty-one share a common trait: AMA membership.

      Synthetic or Bio-engineered Receptor Protein Nomenclature

      During the 67th INN Consultation, a discussion occurred on the future challenge of naming non-antibody scaffold (engineered) proteins in clinical use. It was suggested that during the 68th INN Consultation a new suffix for these types of proteins be evaluated.
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Physicians take steps against opioid epidemic, mortality rises

AMA opioids report highlights limited effects of mandates to stem an epidemic underscoring the need for focus on removing barriers to evidence-based treatment.

Opioids

Doctors make progress on opioids, call on policymakers to do more 

Opioid prescriptions fell by 33% over five years, says 2019 AMA Opioid Task Force report. Next step: Eliminate barriers to evidence-based treatment. 

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AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations offer roadmap to policymakers

The AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations call on policymakers to eliminate barriers to treatment and to take additional steps to end the opioid epidemic.

Specialty Profiles

What it’s like to specialize in psychiatry: Shadowing Dr. Hart

Dionne Hart, MD, cannot describe what happens on a “typical day” in her life as a psychiatrist, but feels fortunate to work in a field where each day she has new challenges.

Patient Support & Advocacy

6 ways insurers drive the surprise-billing phenomenon

There is bipartisan support in Congress for action on so-called surprise billing—where patients unexpectedly receive a bill for care they thought their insurance covered.

Press Releases

AMA, NCMS, Manatt: Study of NC reversing opioid epidemic

A new report today by the AMA, North Carolina Medical Soc, and Manatt Health shows North Carolina is adopting strategies to combat the opioid epidemic.
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Population Care

Exclusionary bathroom policies harm transgender students

Transgender students’ health, safety and well-being is jeopardized when they’re forced to use bathrooms that don’t match gender identity, physicians say.

Press Releases

AMA offers 10 health recommendations for New Year's resolutions

With the new year quickly approaching, the AMA is offering 10 recommendations to help make impactful, long-lasting improvements to their health in 2019.
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Leadership

Members Move Medicine: Serving for her resident colleagues

AMA member Laura E. Halpin, MD, a Los Angeles psychiatry resident, serves as an AMA delegate to make positive changes for her patients and trainee colleagues nationwide.
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Physicians have immunity for good-faith psychiatric discharges

Learn why Maryland’s top court is protecting psychiatrists from medical liability when they act in good faith—even when outcomes are tragic.
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