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When will physicians feel safe seeking mental health care?

Great progress is being made to remove intrusive licensing and credentialing questions to boost well-being. Here’s what else must be done.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
Patient advocate Lucy Culp and Bruce Scott, MD
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As prior authorization burden grows, so does momentum for change

Physicians must show legislators how prior authorization harms patients. Then they need to tell them again—with the data to back it up.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
Rebekah Bernard, MD
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Training gaps between physicians, nonphysicians are significant

Two MDs who previously worked as nonphysician providers say there’s no comparing the caliber of education—making physician-led care teams essential. 

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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Jan. 24, 2025: State Advocacy Update

Highlights from the 2025 AMA State Advocacy Summit and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Across U.S., physicians share top state advocacy priorities for 2025

As the AMA State Advocacy Summit gets underway, new survey data shows what will keep doctors and medical society staffers busy in statehouses this year.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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Dec. 6, 2024: State Advocacy Update

Room block closes Dec. 16: 2025 AMA State Advocacy Summit and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Oct. 18, 2024: State Advocacy Update

Registration open: 2025 AMA State Advocacy Summit and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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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
Fighting 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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