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Oct. 6, 2023: National Advocacy Update

AMA uses listening sessions to reemphasize opposition to VA’s National Standards of Practice and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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Aug. 25, 2023: National Advocacy Update

VA to hold listening sessions related to its effort to develop National Standards of Practice and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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Digital transformation at the VHA with Arash Harzand, MD, MBA [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about digital transformation in health care.

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AMA Update Podcast
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Digital transformation at the VHA with Arash Harzand, MD, MBA

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about digital transformation in health care.

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AMA Update
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Oct. 28, 2022: National Advocacy Update

VA proposed rule allowing health professions trainees to provide care via telehealth and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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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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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.

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Jan. 15, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Organized medicine joins the AMA in opposing VA scope expansion and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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