What’s the news: A coalition of physician members of Congress introduced legislation that would reform the budget-neutrality policies applied to the Medicare physician payment schedule. The need for ...
One of the most important factors in determining whether physicians and other health professionals will experience symptoms of burnout is whether they feel valued. But until recently, no large-scale ...
AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...
What’s the news: Medicare Advantage enrollees and their physicians in 2022 saw a larger share of their prior authorization requests denied when compared with previous years, according to a recently ...
Why do prior authorizations take so long? Is prior authorization required for emergency services? Why would insurance deny a medication? Melissa Garretson, MD, a pediatric emergency physician at Cook ...
A physician recruiter has seen hundreds of doctors work through details of employment offers. Learn her recommendations for getting the right deal.
It’s happening. Augmented intelligence (AI), often called artificial intelligence, is already at the point in its clinical application that it is transforming care. Indeed, the list of its ...
Read the AMA’s latest policy on social media and its impact on mental health. In this episode, AMA Chief Experience Officer Todd Unger talks with best-selling author Jonathan Haidt, PhD, about his ...
AMA member Stephanie Strohbeen, MD, says learning to be a great teammate is one of the biggest growth experiences in ...
AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...
It’s individual physicians who feel the weight of the country’s burnout crisis, but experts say solving the problem requires pulling back and instituting efforts on a larger scale. With growing ...
Getting coverage for a hemoglobin A1c test to screen for diabetes was once a big hassle for patients and physicians. Many physicians prefer to use this non-fasting test as their regular approach to ...