In epidemics, physicians must balance their ethical obligation to patients with their responsibility for public health. The AMA Code of Medical Ethics provides guidance.
Heart disease is America’s biggest killer, and it's making a deadly comeback. Here's how you can talk to your patients about preventing heart disease.
Venture capital and private equity firms are increasingly investing in physician practices. Find out more from the AMA about how to evaluate such offers.
Ochsner Health System's first chief wellness officer, Nigel Girgrah, MD, focuses on the source of stressors to give time back to his colleagues.
The health care system is changing fast, and future physicians need to understand their role and ethical obligations in helping ensure patients’ health and well-being is maximized, while the costs are minimized, in an environment that provides a patient-centered experience.
With eight new modules coming to the AMA GME Competency Program, the educational offerings for medical residents are now more comprehensive than ever before.
A poster presentation is a great way to share the results of your research at a medical conference. Find out how to create an eye-catching poster with the AMA.
If you plan to follow a path directly from undergrad to medical school with no time in between, planning is key. Here's what you need to do, starting junior year.
See how U.S. Supreme Court justices looked to AMA policy and research to change its views toward alcoholism and other alcohol-related matters.
The U.S. Supreme Court has looked to the AMA for a medical definition and the AMA Litigation Center has filed amicus briefs supporting patients’ rights.
The AMA offers membership to international medical school graduates (IMGs) who are currently ECFMG-certified and are waiting to match into a U.S. residency program (GME position).
Headspace is the meditation and mindfulness app helping health care professionals live happier and healthier.
The HOD speakers welcome comments for reports under development for the upcoming 2019 Interim Meeting and the 2020 Annual Meeting.
Access the information submitted for consideration at the AMA House of Delegates Interim Meeting.
See how the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) studies long-term strategic issues related to AMA’s vision, goals and priorities.
The Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD) works on projects based on actions of the AMA House of Delegates or Board of Trustees.
Some of the current projects of the CLRPD include:
International Medical Graduates Section members can also be members of an International Medical Graduates Section Committee.
There are nearly 90,000 female members of the AMA, working to increase the number of women physicians in leadership positions.
AMA member Michael C. Lubrano, MD, was “hooked” on medicine after volunteering in the outpatient chemotherapy infusion unit at his local hospital.
Health insurance should cost less and work better for those who already have it, and should be much easier to obtain for those who don’t.
Medicaid
States are infusing Medicaid programs with value-based design concepts. The AMA helps you understand the risks and opportunities these programs offer
Payment & Delivery Models
Health and Human Services advisory panel endorses oncology alternative payment model that uses EHR-embedded therapeutic and diagnostic pathways.
Medicare
Medicare’s payment incentive program can be confusing, and what you learned in 2017 may not be transferable in 2018. The AMA’s president clears the air.
The devil is in the details on how a proposed agreement assigns patients, evaluates physician performance and calculates payment.
Medicare is open to new ways of delivering care that improve patient outcomes while lowering payers’ costs. Take this advice on how to participate.
Most physicians say their practice earned money in an alternative payment model. However, AMA survey finds 71% of practice revenue came from fee for service.
The AMA seeks greater flexibility from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help make the agency's new pay models more attractive.
If a patient visiting a retail clinic does not have a primary care physician or usual source of care, the clinic should help them find one, says new policy.
Here is a way to integrate behavioral health care into ambulatory care practice.
Physician Health
Delving into the opioid epidemic, burnout, work-life balance and cancer-care improvement grabbed physician readers.
