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5 Min Read

6 lifestyle changes doctors wish patients would make

Wash hands, watch distance and wear a mask to protect against SARS-CoV-2—of course. But physicians advise these other key changes to protect health.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
A doctor speaking to an African-American mother and her child, all of them wearing masks.
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3 Min Read

How to deliver preventive services at no cost to your patients

New AMA resources break down the preventive services available without patient cost-sharing, and how to properly code for them.

CPT®
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4 Min Read

Preventive health: 4 ways social media could be a game-changer

The pandemic has amplified how quickly information is spread. Learn with the AMA how social media can be used to improve preventive health.

Prevention & Wellness
Health care worker and patient.
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Preventive care: As pandemic stretches on, “no more time to wait”

Learn how to get patients reengaged with the screenings, checkups, immunizations and counseling they need—safely and at zero cost to the patient.

Infectious Diseases
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12 Min Read

AMA experts on easing patient concerns about the safety of preventive exams

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by recognizing the continued sacrifices of health care workers during the pandemic.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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Improved access to Medicare preventive services

Understand how Medicare beneficiary access to preventive services improved dramatically when deductibles for preventive services were eliminated.

Medicare & Medicaid
Ethan Lazarus, MD
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4 Min Read

Person-first, preventive approach needed to tackle obesity

Physicians should view obesity as they do diabetes, with a heavy focus on prevention and a nonjudgmental attitude that engages patients.

Chronic Diseases
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Delegates seek improved coverage of preventive care

New policies advocate steps to improve the coverage of preventive services and development of secondary prevention guidelines for patients with chronic conditions.

Annual Meeting
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6 steps to ensure patients don't miss chronic or preventive care

Panel management, or population health management, equips physicians and their teams with techniques to monitor their patient populations so they can provide necessary preventive and chronic care to all patients, regardless of their visit frequency.

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