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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.

Publications & Newsletters
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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
Fighting for Physicians
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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.

Interim Meeting
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Oct. 28, 2022: Advocacy Update spotlight on webinar for AMA grassroots updates

Register for next week’s webinar: AMA grassroots update on Medicare and prior authorization in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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Feds shouldn’t reap rewards for illegal prior-auth restrictions

Imposing financial penalties for hep C drugs dispensed when Virginia’s prior-authorization rules violated federal law contradicts Medicaid’s goal.

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Judicial Advocacy
Fighting for Physicians
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Why the end could be near for prior-authorization faxes

Payer prior-authorization processes delay care and amplify patient anxiety and physician frustration. Atlantic Health’s automated system may fix that.

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Prior Authorization
Health System Spotlight
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Focus turns to Senate action to cut physicians’ prior auth strain

It’s time to call on your senators to help our older adult patients avoid the care delays posed by prior authorization in Medicare Advantage plans.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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House voice vote sets U.S. on path to fix prior authorization

AMA-supported, massively popular bill offers relief from prior authorization headaches to 28 million-plus patients in Medicare Advantage. Learn more.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
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AMA urges Senate to join campaign reforming prior authorization

House committees—Ways and Means as well as Energy and Commerce—overwhelmingly endorsed the bill, and it passed the House in rare show of bipartisan support.

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