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Physician cheat sheet: All your AMA membership questions answered

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Behavioral health integration strategies for independent practices

In this webinar, physician practice experts provide an overview of their experience integrating behavioral health, how they got started, the challenges and barriers they encountered and how they overcame those challenges and continue to measure success.

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SPS member profile: Art Rousseau, MD

Learn more about SPS member Art Rousseau, MD, a psychiatrist and member of the Oklahoma State Medical Association.

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Fueling your physician practice gets easier with online lending

Loans available from AMA preferred provider Laurel Road can help medical practices deal with expenses or expand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The AMA helps sustain the viability of private practice: Key research & resources

The AMA conducts ongoing, in-depth research on how regulatory burdens affect physician professional satisfaction and payment. Learn more.

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COVID-19 has made it worse for already struggling private practices

Private physician practices continue to face challenges driven by administrative burdens. Here is what needs to be done to improve practice sustainability.

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SPS member profile: John Bramhall, MD, PhD

Learn more about SPS member John Bramhall, MD, PhD, associate medical director of the Harborview Medical Center.

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How the Texas Medical Association got millions of masks to doctors

After getting 23 million masks, what do you do next? The state of Texas called the Texas Medical Association to distribute the masks where they were needed.

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Include all credentialed physicians in hospital find-a-doctor searches

Some independently practicing physicians have been wrongly excluded. These search functions should operate in a fair, equal and unbiased fashion.

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As challenges mount, AMA forms section for private practice doctors

The new AMA Private Practice Physicians Section will give doctors practicing independently a bigger voice within the House of Medicine.

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