Vermont CME Requirements

Learn about Vermont’s MD & DO governing bodies and earn your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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Competition levels drop for health insurance markets across 25 states

New AMA study finds half of all states had commercial health insurance markets that were less competitive in 2017 than the previous year.

Press Releases
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170 groups send letter on proposed changes to physician payment rule

The AMA and 170 health groups sent a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma on the proposals included in the 2019 Medicare physician payment rule.

Press Releases
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Alarming drop in life expectancy sparks call for study, action

Physicians want to better understand what’s behind the distressing trend and how to reverse it. Through advocacy and prevention initiatives, the AMA aims to help patients live longer, healthier lives.

Access to Care
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March 8, 2018: State Advocacy Update

Medication-assisted treatment for opioid-use disorder legislation and Colorado opioid prescribing guidelines in the latest AMA state and local advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Feb. 9, 2018: State Advocacy Update

"Share Your Story" initiative on ending opioid epidemic and more in AMA's latest state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Health insurance markets are highly concentrated, new report reveals

Even though two mega-mergers were blocked, most commercial health insurance markets are highly concentrated, and many are dominated by one insurer.

Access to Care
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Metro areas increasingly dominated by single insurance companies

Findings of the 2017 edition of AMA’s Competition in Health Insurance: A Comprehensive Study of U.S. Markets which examines market concentration in 2016.

Press Releases
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Nearing retirement, one physician sees no time to rest

This small-town family physician is ready to retire, but wonders about who will fill his shoes.

Health Equity
Top State Issues 2017
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5 issues physicians will take to state legislators in 2017

Legislation on physician-led team-based care and reversing the nation’s opioid epidemic and Medicaid are among the top issues faced at the state level this year.

State Advocacy