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3 tips for proactive physician approach to stop scope creep

Efforts to inappropriately expand nonphysicians’ scope of practice have been relentless. Learn how physicians can take back the offensive.  

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Scope of Practice
AMA Recovery Plan for Physicians
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AI cannot—and must not—replace the physician’s caring touch

Patients deserve a human doctor’s attention, says infectious diseases physician and best-selling novelist Abraham Verghese, MD.

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What employed physicians should know about noncompete clauses

With more states moving to ban noncompete clauses, the legal landscape is becoming more complex. A legal expert outlines some essentials.

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Transitioning to Practice
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How tragedy catalyzed changes to support physician well-being

After a classmate’s suicide, three medical students took on the challenge of changing the licensure question that deterred care. Learn more.

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Medical Student Health
AMA Recovery Plan for Physicians
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Meet physicians’ newest allies in the prior authorization battle

Patients with leukemia or lymphoma are fed up with the care-delaying payer practice. Now they and other patients are pushing to fix prior auth.

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Prior Authorization
AMA Recovery Plan for Physicians
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Jan. 26, 2024: State Advocacy Update

AMA opposes inappropriate scope expansion efforts in New Jersey, South Dakota, Washington State and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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Here’s the top state issue keeping doctors up at night in 2024

Nearly 90% of survey respondents list scope of practice expansions as No. 1 priority. Learn how the AMA helped defeat over 100 such bills last year.

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AMA Recovery Plan for Physicians
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Dec. 1, 2023: State Advocacy Update

ICYMI: Keynote speaker announced for 2024 AMA State Advocacy Summit and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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