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AMA-led federation letters oppose federal bill expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Learn about existential health care ethics, a field aimed at addressing ethical questions about intersections of human extinction and health care.
Top choices and challenges may be different for each organization, but there are common themes. Here’s how to decide what works for your situation.
The AMA works relentlessly to remove obstacles to patient care and bring consistent improvements in health outcomes and life expectancy to vulnerable patient populations.
Physicians who create an environment where all patients feel welcome can better meet their patients' often complex health care needs. Find recommended standards of practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual ...
Learn how the RVS Update Committee (RUC) reviews resource costs for physician services as described by CPT, using the 3 RBRVS components.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Discover some of the reasons that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth are at high risk for suicide and find suggestions for how parents and schools ...
Discover what the AMA is doing with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to forge a fair and accurate medical billing system for physicians.
Know where major national medical and health care organizations stand on LGBTQ health issues with GLMA's Compendium of Health Profession Association LGBT Policy & Position Statements. AMA Journal of ...
Administration must reconsider plans to exclude physician liaisons from dozens of organizations who have long provided unbiased, expert input.
Medicare Quality Payment Program is an alternative payment model and a part of Medicare payment reform. Learn more about Medicare QPP on the AMA.
From political conversations to use of social media, the AMA Code of Medical Ethics addresses the new issues confronting physicians, patients and society.