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Cutting Medicare pay during COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t make sense

Physicians practicing certain medical specialties, already facing severe economic strain, may be subject to big Medicare pay cuts in 2021.

Medicare & Medicaid
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The 12 factors that drive up physician burnout

To reduce the burden placed on doctors, health care systems must look at what external factors are adding to physician burnout. Find out more.

Physician Health
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11 Min Read

Omar Maniya, MD, MBA shares insights from a New York City emergency department

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by talking with physicians on the frontlines like Omar Maniya, MD, MBA, an emergency resident physician.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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Myth or fact? Teaching doctors must re-document student EHR work

Historically, teaching physicians were required to re-document medical students’ entries in a patient’s electronic health record (EHR). They don’t have to do that anymore.

Sustainability
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Myth or fact? Ancillary staff can't document parts of E/M services

Medicare does not require doctors to redocument information in a patient’s record that has already been documented by staff or by patients themselves.

Sustainability
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Myth or fact? You must ask about patients' pain at every consult

To better doctors’ practice environment, the AMA is working to debunk regulatory myths such as those involving irrelevant pain-management requirements.

Sustainability
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Relief from administrative burden key to proposed Medicare fee schedule

The AMA appreciates Administrator Seema Verma and CMS proposing policy changes that prioritize patients over paperwork and let doctors be doctors.

Press Releases
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E-prescribing controlled substances: Here’s why the clicks add up

70% of physicians e-prescribe, but only 20% can e-prescribe controlled substances. The AMA is asking EHR vendors for action to help change that.

Digital
Photo of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma speaking at the AMA House of Delegates 2019 Annual Meeting.
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Verma: CMS seeks less health care regulation, more competition

In a speech to the AMA House of Delegates, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma touts agency’s efforts to cut physicians’ administrative burdens.

Medicare & Medicaid