Stethoscope next to a physician working on a computer
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3 Min Read

E-prescribing controlled substances: Here’s why the clicks add up

70% of physicians e-prescribe, but only 20% can e-prescribe controlled substances. The AMA is asking EHR vendors for action to help change that.

Digital
Delegates at the AMA Annual Meeting
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Get rid of market barriers to appropriate pain management

Health insurers, pharmacy benefit management companies and others are making it harder for physicians to provide appropriate care to patients living with pain.

Behavioral Health
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7 Min Read

May 31, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Surprise billing proposals in Congress, Part D and Medicare Advantage drug pricing and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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8 Min Read

May 18, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Federal Pain Task Force, prices in drug ads and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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4 Min Read

AMA to Congress: Patients pay painful price for high drug costs

AMA leader tells of a patient who relies on an older drug that rose in price by 400% to about $80,000 a year. Share your stories to advance drug-pricing transparency.

Federal Advocacy
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2 Min Read

AMA: Trump administration requiring pricing information in TV drug ads

The Trump Administration has taken a step in the right direction requiring pricing information in television advertising of prescription drugs.

Press Releases
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The truth behind drug prescription pricing

Spending on prescription drugs is on the rise in the United States, but lack of oversight on drug pricing offers no answers for price fluctuations.

Federal Advocacy
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AMA applauds congressional action on prescription drug transparency

The AMA believes in transparency in prescription drug pricing, and we are pleased the House Ways & Means Committee moved the issue forward.

Press Releases
Graphic image of pill bottles with different money signs on them.
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How are prescription drug prices determined?

Congress has put drug prices under its microscope. The scrutiny is new, but the conversation is the same: Drugmakers, pharmacy benefit managers and payers set prices but never explain how.

Behavioral Health