2025 National Advocacy Conference
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Physicians press Congress to back 2% Medicare pay boost for 2025

As mid-March government-funding deadline looms, physicians rally on Capitol Hill to send a clear message: Fix Medicare now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians

Your powerful ally

The AMA helps physicians build a better future for medicine, advocating in the courts and on the Hill to remove obstacles to patient care and confront today’s greatest health crises.

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AMA advocacy events

Collaborating and networking to advocate for patients and the medical profession.

Federal Advocacy
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National Advocacy Conference agenda

View the agenda of the 2025 National Advocacy Conference.

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Feb 10 - 12, 2025 ·
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National Advocacy Conference

The AMA National Advocacy Conference will take place on Feb. 10-12, 2025. 

Events
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New Congress, same legislative focus: Fix Medicare Now

Physicians gathering in D.C. this week for the AMA National Advocacy Conference will push a bipartisan bill to give doctors a positive pay update.

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Medicare & Medicaid
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Feb. 7, 2025: Advocacy Update spotlight on the AMA National Advocacy Conference

What to look out for at the AMA National Advocacy Conference and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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As practices fight to survive, health plans see another payday

For doctors, it’s five straight years of Medicare payment cuts. For Medicare Advantage plans, pay’s going up 4.33%. Congress must fix Medicare now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Doctors in hospital operating room
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For AMA’s president, the fight for doctors is personal

Failures to fix Medicare pay, prior authorization are hurting doctors and patients. AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, sees it in his own practice.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Sullen man sits in waiting room chair
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How Medicare’s broken pay system harms rural patients, physicians

Virginia rural family physician Sterling N. Ransone Jr., MD, says falling payment rates affect practice hiring and tech investments.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians