Opioid Epidemic

Florida old and new State Capitol buildings

Patient Support & Advocacy

Physicians will keep fighting on these 6 key issues in 2020

Health care policy debates must include the trusted voices of doctors advocating for their patients, says AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA.

Sustainability

Saving time and lives by increased access to MAT in Pennsylvania

John Gallagher, MD, asked policymakers the hard questions about why barriers to effective treatment were allowed to persist.

Payment & Delivery Models

At Ochsner, innovation happens inside and outside system’s walls

Much has changed since it was founded in 1942, but Ochsner Health System has kept alive its legacy as a physician-run group focused on seeking better answers.

Opioids

Changes overdue on how substance-use disorders are covered, treated

The AMA is “laser-focused” on removing barriers to treatment for opioid-use disorder—including eliminating stigma, says the organization’s president, Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA.

Opioids

ED innovation boosts access for patients with opioid-use disorder

Two emergency doctors’ efforts help ensure patients obtain appropriate follow-up medication-assisted treatment.

Judicial Advocacy

Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

From the E/M overhaul to the opioid epidemic, here’s how the AMA has shown itself to be the physician’s powerful ally in health care this year.

Publications & Newsletters

Catch this year’s must-listen medical podcasts

Physician well-being, public health and the details of physician contacts were topics that generated interest, and podcast downloads, this year.

Tani Malhotra, MD, maternal fetal medicine fellow

Opioids

This doctor advocates for pregnant patients with opioid-use disorder

Maternal and fetal medicine fellow Tani Malhotra, MD, knows the fear felt by mothers with opioid-use disorder. She’s working to make better policy to address it.

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Tracking the Wuhan coronavirus: 5 things doctors must know

Reforming pain-management education for the next generation of physicians

When a colleague struggles with burnout, here’s how to reach out

How integrated behavioral health can transform practices

What’s your resident persona and how could it shape your career?

Medical students: Learn why team-based care is so critical

What makes for the best premed school? 4 key considerations

How a combined residency program can shape your career

National advocacy

More physicians being sued by patients they’ve never treated

These 5 AMA member benefits help medical students thrive

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Interim Meeting education sessions

Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates

About the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD)

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

LGBTQ leadership opportunities

Minority Affairs Section leadership opportunities

Jordan Lippincott: Boosting access to care for underserved

L. Carlos Zapata, MD: Shaping evidence-based health care policy

Opioid Epidemic

Physicians will keep fighting on these 6 key issues in 2020

Saving time and lives by increased access to MAT in Pennsylvania

At Ochsner, innovation happens inside and outside system’s walls

Changes overdue on how substance-use disorders are covered, treated

ED innovation boosts access for patients with opioid-use disorder

Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

Catch this year’s must-listen medical podcasts

This doctor advocates for pregnant patients with opioid-use disorder

Membership Moves Medicine™