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10 Min Read

Physicians will see Medicare payments rise in 2026

Provisions in MACRA and reconciliation package mean a rise after five years of cuts, but bigger fixes are needed to protect access to Medicare. 

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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8 Min Read

AI, teamwork turn incidental findings into lifesaving diagnoses

Sutter Health boosts early lung cancer detection with smart tech in 28 acute care facilities and over 80 imaging centers through closed-loop workflow.

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Chronic Diseases
Health System Spotlight
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6 Min Read

7 prior authorization terms that drive every doctor to distraction

Consult this handy glossary to better grasp the frustrating cost-control practice and learn how the AMA leads the charge to fix prior authorization. 

Prior Authorization
Patient and physician during an appointment
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5 Min Read

AI is changing colon cancer screening and easing doctor burden

Jeremy Cauwels, MD, shares how Sanford Health uses AI to boost efficiency and expand its impact on patient care across the system.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
Finger on a missing puzzle piece
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4 Min Read

Teaching medical students about systems thinking in health care

AMA training helps medical students, residents and practicing doctors learn how to make lasting, sustainable improvement to the quality of care.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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5 Min Read

CMS has questions on digital health tools. AMA has answers.

The AMA offers guidance to CMS on information blocking, patients’ access to records, fixing prior authorization and making digital health tools useful.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
Jill Kalman, MD, and Sandra Lindsay, DHSc, MSN, RN
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6 Min Read

How two women leaders are shaping the future of health care

Northwell Health’s Jill Kalman, MD, and Sandra Lindsay, DHSc, MSN, RN, lead with courage and purpose, breaking barriers, building trust, opening doors. 

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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4 Min Read

2 skills to help residents build better relationships with patients

An online training shows residents how to defuse a tense interaction and move on to providing prompt, effective and compassionate care.

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Improve GME
Thriving in Residency
Doctor hurriedly walks along the hospital corridor
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3 Min Read

Congress revives bill to add 14,000 GME slots over seven years

The bill, which has bipartisan support, would help to address a residency-training funding cap that is driving the physician shortage.

GME Funding