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VA standards for health professionals threaten veterans’ care

Action by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement practice standards has unintended consequences that jeopardize health care for veterans.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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July 30, 2021: National Advocacy Update

AMA advocates to improve maternal health and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Why VA’s move to nationalize standards of practice is misguided

The VA’s Supremacy Project threatens to undermine confidence in care provided to veterans by superseding state scope-of-practice and licensure laws.

Scope of Practice
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AMA: VA misfires on standards for oversight of health care professionals

These back-of-the-envelope standards will have the unintended consequence of reducing the quality of health care for veterans.

Press Releases
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AMA: Wake up to financial peril facing Medicare payment system

AMA raised concern today that Congress seems “indifferent” to the fiscal uncertainty facing the Medicare physician payment system.

Press Releases
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How the crucible of COVID-19 can help fix the health care system

A National Academy of Medicine report details the pandemic’s effect on clinicians and the long-overdue systemic improvements needed to support them.

Infectious Diseases
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July 16, 2021: Advocacy Update spotlight on scope of practice—state legislative roundup

Scope of practice: State legislative roundup in this week's Advocacy Update spotlight.

Advocacy Update
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July 16, 2021: Advocacy Update other news

2021 MIPS exception application window open until Dec. 31 and more in the latest Advocacy Update other news.

Advocacy Update
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July 2, 2021: National Advocacy Update

CMS releases new 2021 MIPS historical quality benchmark file due to errors and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update