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.

Routine Screening Toolkit
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March 9, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Stronger network-adequacy & fewer prior-auth demands, flexibility in EHR adoption and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Closeup of Capitol Hill
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Physicians reject House ACA replacement bill

The current version of the American Health Care Act could take away health insurance coverage from millions. The AMA cannot support it.

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Leadership Viewpoints
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AMA says American Health Care Act is critically flawed

The AMA points to reductions in insurance coverage and potential harm to vulnerable patient populations in the current draft of the AHCA

Press Releases
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Health reform: Industry experts talk funding, market uncertainty

A discussion with experts on what is ahead for health care reform and how medicine will address the needs of patients in an uncertain future.

Access to Care
Physician examines millenial patient.
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Health reform: No going back on key market protections

Access to insurance coverage should be safeguarded for people with pre-existing conditions and young adults as part of any plan to remake the U.S. health system.

Access to Care
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden
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Bipartisanship sought to forge lasting health policy solutions

Capitol Hill lawmakers tout the importance of patient advocacy and bipartisanship on big issues such as health coverage for millions of Americans.

Access to Care
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Two health tools your patients can use

Two web-based tools aid physicians in educating their patients, promoting shared decision-making and preventing diabetes.

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AMA President Andrew W. Gurman, MD
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As physicians, we must speak up for our patients

Speaking to physicians in Washington, D.C., AMA President Andrew W. Gurman expressed the role of physicians in the thick of the national health reform debate.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
Physician speaks to patient in bed.
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Health reform: Protecting insurance gains is priority No. 1

More than 20 million Americans have gained coverage since 2010. Health reform proposals should not result in these patients losing coverage.

Access to Care