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AMA model bills

View the most frequently used model state bills created for the Federation of Medicine and approved by the AMA Board of Trustees.

State Advocacy
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April 19, 2018: National Advocacy Update

MIPS group web interface, CAHPS for MIPS and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

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April 19, 2018: State Advocacy Update

New AMA model state legislation is the latest AMA state advocacy effort.

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Physicians have plenty of tools to help grow advocacy grassroots

A variety of AMA tools help bring physician voices to the table, leverage lawmaker relationships and activate patients on urgent policy issues.

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Physicians aim to shine light on why drugs cost so much

The AMA will seek to ban unjustified prescription-drug “price gouging” and let pharmacists tell patients when their co-pay exceeds a drug’s cash price.

Behavioral Health
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AMA expands advocacy efforts supporting drug price transparency

Physicians at the AMA's Interim Meeting adopted new policy to expand the scope of its federal, state advocacy efforts to increase transparency of drug pricing.

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Nov. 3, 2017: National Advocacy Update

IPAB repeal legislation; opioids emergency declaration, biosimilars educational materials and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

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June 29, 2017: State Advocacy Update

Nevada governor vetoes balance-billing legislation and AMA's opioid microsite in the latest state and local advocacy efforts.

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More sunlight sought on spiking drug prices

Taking action on rising drug costs, the AMA House of Delegates calls for transparency, allowing CMS to negotiate prices and including prices in ads.

Behavioral Health