HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit

The AMA’s toolkit for community health centers and emergency departments guides you from patient intake to linkage to care.

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AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, at the 2019 AMA Interim Meeting
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AMA president: Physicians have an obligation to be leaders

When there are situations that affect the health and well-being of our patients, we have an obligation to lead, says AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA.

Population Health
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Understanding the Affordable Care Act

See AMA resources for physicians to help their patients get insurance.

Access to Care
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Knocking down barriers to health equity

American medicine is beset by disparities. Operationalizing health equity is the task embraced by the leader of the AMA’s new Center for Health Equity.

Health Equity
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AMA adopts policies during second day of voting at Interim Meeting

Policies touch on collecting DNA of refugees, free sunscreen, mobile health apps, veterans’ courts.

Press Releases
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Payer-backed care shopping plans shouldn’t coerce patients

Employer or insurer-offered financial incentive programs can be useful, but must be transparent. AMA lays out other principles to guide such programs.

Access to Care
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5 years of evidence shows how expanding Medicaid boosts health

Fourteen states refuse to expand Medicaid. Research shows they are doing their constituents a disservice in denying them the health benefits of expansion.

Access to Care
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The push to prevent surprise billing: 8 things to know

The AMA is working to support patient protections from unanticipated medical bills.

Access to Care
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When you’re stumped by a diagnostic puzzler, here’s what to do

Lisa Sanders, MD, has written newspaper columns and books and stars in a new Netflix show about hard-to-diagnose cases. She offers her advice to doctors confronting stumpers.

Prevention & Wellness
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Black patients less likely to get treatment for opioid-use disorder

Financial barriers widen racial inequities in access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid-use disorder, creating a large disparity in prescriptions.

Behavioral Health