This new year, look beyond diet and exercise and add health goals to your resolution list. AMA member physicians share health-related resolutions to add.
Rabia Nagda, MD, of Texas Children’s Pediatrics, emphasizes that every environment where kids spend time should be built with fall risk in mind.
Researchers detail what happened in Illinois and Georgia after their state courts knocked down limits on noneconomic damages in med-mal cases.
AMA’s work in practice transformation aims to create the conditions where joy, purpose & meaning are possible for physicians & other health professionals.
A framework for educators and administrators who create programs for coaching medical students—view videos, purchase books or download directories of workshop participants.
The AMA backs bipartisan legislation to reissue 40,000 unused immigrant visas for physicians and nurses.
Get tips to distinguish yourself and detail your unique skills and experiences during residency interviews.
PGY-4 Anna Heffron, MD, PhD, sounds off on what she wishes she knew in medical school to stand out during virtual physician residency interviews.
JAMA Network journals have editorial fellowships—chances for residents, fellows and early-career physicians to explore a career in publishing.
In residency and fellowship training, the business side of medicine often gets short shrift. Catch up on what you need to succeed in health care.
Learn about the current state of competition in health insurance markets across the U.S. and review in-depth analysis on market concentration.
Discover the AMA's position on health insurance mergers and why the AMA believes fewer insurance carriers undermine physician practices and harm patient care.
ChangeMedEd® is a national bi-annual conference that brings together innovative leaders across the medical education continuum to reimagine the way future physicians are trained. Learn more.
This two-day boot camp, April 13-14, 2026, will equip attendees with the time-saving tools and strategies to reform their organizations and enhance professional satisfaction.
The Specialty and Service Society (SSS) is the largest caucus in the AMA House of Delegates.
Find out about the election bylaws and policies for being elected to the AMA House of Delegates.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
The council investigates general ethical conditions and all matters pertaining to the relations of physicians to one another or to the public, and make recommendations to the House of Delegates or the constituent associations through the issuance of reports.
Find information and applications to be considered for a leadership position with the Academic Physicians Section (APS).
Find out how the Academic Physicians Section (APS) develops resolutions and influences policy that may be adopted by the AMA House of Delegates.
These JAMA Patient Pages provide simple explanations of many common psychiatric conditions, including how they are treated.
AMA participates in health care conferences and events held throughout the U.S.A. as well as internationally.
Prior authorization (PA) programs create burdens and barriers to the delivery of necessary patient care. Discover new findings and insights on prior authorization from the AMA's annual prior authorization survey.
Reflects growing use of unregulated AI decision-making systems by health insurer industry.
Read the evidence supporting the need for prior authorization reform.
Physicians must show legislators how prior authorization harms patients. Then they need to tell them again—with the data to back it up.
At Sanford Health’s rural health care summit, the AMA’s president tells why Congress needs to pass proposed Medicare payment and prior authorization reforms.
Prior authorization delays and discourages care, but even when it is granted there is no guarantee the health plan will pay up. That must absolutely change, says the AMA.
The push is on for a 2025 Medicare payment update—but that’s not all. On prior auth, scope of practice, burnout and tech, the AMA fights for doctors.
A physician leader in Illinois describes successful efforts in the Land of Lincoln to address numerous flaws in prior authorization.
The AMA has advanced prior auth fixes at the state and federal levels, but employer-sponsored ERISA plans have escaped scrutiny. That must change.
Pediatric care is not immune from insurers’ time-wasting, care-delaying tactic—even in the emergency department.
