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Health systems plagued by payer-takeback schemes, 110,000 denials

The payer-driven schemes are costing physicians and hospitals $1.6 billion a month. Learn how the AMA is tackling prior authorization.

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13 health systems that are innovating to move medicine forward

On prior authorization, telehealth, climate change, health equity and more—these health systems led the way during a trying year. Learn how.

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Prior Authorization
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How Michigan’s prior-authorization reform law was passed

Michigan patients will benefit from reforms that put time limits on prior-authorization requests and require insurer transparency.

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Physicians must be empowered to put patients first: AMA president Jack Resneck Jr., MD

Obstacles to care emerge from prior auth, Medicare cuts and politicized exam rooms. President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, details how AMA has doctors’ backs.

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A huge win for prior authorization reform in Michigan with Bobby Mukkamala, MD [Podcast]

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

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A huge win for prior authorization reform in Michigan with Bobby Mukkamala, MD

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

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week Dec. 5, 2022

In the news: Vitamin D may be linked to cognitive performance, CMS proposes new prior authorization rule, worst flu season in a decade expected to worsen and more.

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Doctors to Congress: Stop Medicare pay cut and fix prior auth

Physicians can harness the power of their patients’ stories to reach senators and members of Congress to shape policy. Learn more with the AMA.

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Medicare & Medicaid
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Physicians must be empowered to put patients first: AMA president

Obstacles to care emerge from prior auth, Medicare cuts and politicized exam rooms. President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, details how AMA has doctors’ backs.

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