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Drug coverage & spending: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address high and escalating prescription drug prices and costs, including promoting transparency and pharmaceutical market competition, combating anti-competitive practices, and outlining criteria for value-based pricing and prescription drug importation.

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Consumer-driven healthcare: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of key council reports that advance policies that emphasize patient choice and control of their healthcare by addressing high-value care, retail/store-based clinics, addiction treatment centers, genetic/genomic precision medicine, telemedicine, insurance coverage options, reference pricing, prescription drugs, and hospital care coordination.

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AMA adopts policy aimed at defining, supporting deprescribing

Ensures that deprescribing is considered a routine part of patient-centered care that supports safer, more effective medication use.

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Drug shortages: Causes, consequences and mitigation efforts

The AMA has declared drug shortages to be an urgent public health crisis. Stay informed and access resources to address the impacts on practice.

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94% of local PBM markets “highly concentrated,” says AMA report

Analysis shows this designation has increased. Discover what it means for patients, why price transparency is important and what Congress is doing.

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AMA analysis: PBM market concentration continues to rise

Four largest PBMs held 75% of national market in 2024, while 94% of local PBM markets were highly concentrated.

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What are pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and why we need reform?

PBM reform focuses on increasing transparency, ensuring savings reach patients and maintaining fair access to medications.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Sept. 7, 2026

In the news: Menopause hormone therapy may have heart benefits, GLP-1 prescriptions for under 12s rise, patients trust fake reviews and more.

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Psychopharmacology guide on prescribing psychotropic medications

Download a PDF of the AMA's psychopharmacology how-to guide that offers best practices on when and how to treat patients with psychotropic medications.

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