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AMA Update for March 1, 2024: How DC prior authorization reform improved patient care by changing pre-authorization requirements
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How DC prior authorization reform improved patient care by changing pre-authorization requirements

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about prior authorization changes for 2024.

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AMA Update
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AMA honors Indiana congressman with Government Service Award

The AMA honored Rep. Larry Bucshon with the Award for Outstanding Government Service for his work on Medicare payment and prior authorization issues.

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3 seismic prior authorization changes for patients and physicians

The final CMS rule on prior authorization a huge win, but there is still a ways to go. That’s why dozens of states are considering further reforms.

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Fighting for Physicians
AMA Update for Feb. 13, 2024: 2024 advocacy agenda: Medicare payment cuts, fixing prior auth, and reducing physician burnout
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2024 advocacy agenda: Medicare payment cuts, fixing prior auth, and reducing physician burnout

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the top advocacy issues for 2024.

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AMA Update
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2024 advocacy agenda: Medicare payment cuts, fixing prior auth, and reducing physician burnout [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the top advocacy issues for 2024.

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Federal Advocacy
AMA Update Podcast
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Meet physicians’ newest allies in the prior authorization battle

Patients with leukemia or lymphoma are fed up with the care-delaying payer practice. Now they and other patients are pushing to fix prior auth.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
AMA Update for Jan. 25, 2024: CMS prior authorization final rule explained with AMA President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH
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CMS prior authorization final rule explained with AMA President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the new prior authorization win and what's next.

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Prior Authorization
AMA Update
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CMS prior authorization final rule explained with AMA President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the new prior authorization win and what's next.

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Prior Authorization
AMA Update Podcast
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Patients, physicians score important win in prior authorization rule

New CMS rule will cut care delays and administrative burdens long shouldered by physicians, saving practices an estimated $15 billion over the next decade.

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