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A year of recovery: AMA CXO Todd Unger takes a look back at the progress and key voices of 2022 [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Look back at what happened in 2022.

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Leadership
AMA Update Podcast
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6 MIN READ

A year of recovery: AMA CXO Todd Unger takes a look back at the progress and key voices of 2022

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Look back at what happened in 2022.

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Leadership
AMA Update
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Optometrists doing eye surgery? California AB 2236 vetoed for patient safety with David Aizuss, MD [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about California AB 2236 and optometrists.

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Scope of Practice
AMA Update Podcast
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11 MIN READ

Optometrists doing eye surgery? California AB 2236 vetoed for patient safety with David Aizuss, MD

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about California AB 2236 and optometrists.

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Scope of Practice
AMA Update
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Sept. 30, 2022: State Advocacy Update

Big win for California patients: Optometry surgery bill defeated in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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AMA successfully fights scope of practice expansions: Key research & resources

Through research, advocacy and education, the AMA vigorously defends the practice of medicine against scope of practice expansions that threaten patient safety. 

Scope of Practice
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Pennsylvania emergency physician elected to AMA Board of Trustees

The AMA, the nation’s premiere physician organization, today announced the election of Pennsylvania-based hematologist Marilyn Heine, M.D., to its Board of Trustees.

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Inside the AMA’s wide-ranging fight against scope creep

An AMA-led coalition of state and specialty societies has worked across the nation to block scope-of-practice expansions that threaten patient safety.

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Scope of Practice
AMA Recovery Plan for Physicians
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To overcome doctor shortage, get rid of obstacles to primary care

For patients in some communities, a pressing question is whether their primary care doctor will retire—because a replacement may be hard to come by.

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