The AMA gathered physician and medical student leaders from all corners of medicine at its Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates in November to shape guiding policies on emerging health care topics. We have gathered some of the policies and outcomes from this year’s meeting.
Continued physician frustration with excessive and disruptive prior authorization controls required by health insurers resulted in calls for legislative and injunctive action by the American Medical Association to fight retrospective denial of payment for care that has been pre-certified by an insurer.
One of 48 public health partners nationwide, the AMA will receive funding for projects to increase screenings for infectious diseases, improve blood pressure control to prevent heart attacks and strokes, help physicians navigate brain health and dementia care, and improve care for people living with pain.
The AMA announced that it was awarded $4.15 million as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Partners Cooperative Agreement, a 5-year initiative aimed at strengthening the U.S. public health infrastructure and workforce.
Facing a fifth consecutive year of Medicare payment reductions, the American Medical Association issued a clarion call to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, urging the agency to be fully transparent about the impact of these payment cuts on physicians and patients.
The AMA gathered physician and medical student leaders from all corners of medicine at its Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates last month to shape guiding policies on emerging health care topics. This week’s Friday Five looks at some of the policies adopted at the meeting.
AHIP, the American Medical Association, and the National Association of ACOs released a playbook on voluntary best practices as part of their efforts together to advance the adoption of value-based care arrangements in the private sector to improve the quality, equity, and affordability of care.
With disruptions in clinical care caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and viral hepatitis across the U.S., the AMA launched a new online toolkit to help physicians and other health care professionals increase routine screenings for HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis and latent tuberculosis.
Some recent studies and reports that caught our eye from Carta Healthcare, American Medical Association, Hello Heart, American Psychological Association, AHIP, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, LookDeep Health and more.
Physicians are enthusiastic about augmented intelligence (AI)—often called artificial intelligence—and its assistive role in health care that enhances human intelligence rather than replaces it, according to a new physician survey by the American Medical Association.
With the new year approaching, the American Medical Association is offering 10 recommendations to help Americans make the most impactful, long-lasting improvements to their health in 2024 and beyond.
The American Medical Association released new principles for augmented intelligence (AI) development, deployment, and use—a critical step toward fostering a consistent governance structure for advancements in health care technology.
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