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The American Medical Association (AMA) has expressed support for recent findings from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding buprenorphine dosing. According to the AMA, the study indicates that higher doses of buprenorphine may enhance treatment outcomes for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD).
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has been awarded funding by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enhance the U.S. public health infrastructure. This funding is part of the CDC’s National Partners Cooperative Agreement, which aims to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities across the nation.
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The Biden administration is set to clarify information blocking rules, addressing concerns raised by the American Medical Association (AMA). In a letter, the AMA expressed support for clear exceptions that allow patients to request physicians deliver life-changing information rather than making it immediately available on electronic health records. The proposal also permits physicians to protect patients from efforts to criminalize reproductive health care without facing penalties.
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The Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women Award is administered by the AMA Foundation on behalf of the AMA-WPS. The AMA-WPS and AMA Foundation award scholarships of up to $10,000 to healthcare researchers to identify and address issues that affect women physicians and medical students. Since 2006, the organizations have granted 35 research awards on topics such as flexible work options, gender differences in the practice patterns of obstetricians/gynecologists, and the promotion and retention of diversity in medical education. Additional information about the...
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has released the CPT 2025 code set, featuring 420 updates, including 270 new codes, 112 deletions, and 38 revisions. The latest version aims to reflect advancements in contemporary clinical practice and ensure that the code set remains a trusted universal language of medicine.
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has expressed support for the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to reinforce the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). The AMA highlighted the importance of this initiative in safeguarding patients from discriminatory practices by health insurance companies that limit access to mental health and substance use disorder care.
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"The call for increased regulatory oversight of PBM business practices is overwhelmingly welcomed by physicians as a check against possible anticompetitive harm resulting from low competition and high vertical integration in the PBM industry," said AMA President Bruce A. Scott, M.D. "The findings from the new AMA analysis warrant attention as Congress and the administration continue their work to protect patients and ensure prescription drugs remain affordable and accessible. The AMA urges careful monitoring, and intervention when needed, of both horizontal and vertical...
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to be transparent about the impact of proposed Medicare payment cuts. In July, CMS proposed a 2.8% reduction in payments while estimating that the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), which measures practice cost inflation, would increase by 3.6%. The AMA expressed concerns in a comment letter, urging the administration to collaborate with Congress for a permanent, annual inflation-based update to Medicare physician payments.
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The report, titled “From Facilities to Outcomes: A Neighborhood-Level Examination of Maternal and Infant Care Access in Chicago,” highlights the potential impacts of maternity care deserts and measures maternal health care access at a zip code level within the City of Chicago based on three categories: low access, medium access, and full access.
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The letter focuses on four key pillars:
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The provisional CPT code is effective for use on the condition that H5N8 Influenza virus vaccine candidates receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The AMA is publishing the CPT code update now to ensure electronic systems across the U.S. health care system are prepared in advance for potential FDA authorization.
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With CMS estimating a fifth consecutive year of Medicare payment reductions—this time by 2.8 percent—it is evident that Congress must address this issue. In addition to the cut, CMS predicts that the Medicare Economic Index (MEI)—the measure of practice cost inflation—will increase by 3.6 percent. Facing this widening gap between what Medicare pays physicians and the cost of delivering quality care to patients, physicians are urging Congress to pass a reform package that would permanently strengthen Medicare.
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has expressed its appreciation for the Biden administration's efforts to clarify privacy protections concerning reproductive health care information. This development comes with the introduction of a new information blocking exception in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) proposed Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-2) Rule.
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has expressed relief following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to dismiss an Idaho case, effectively reinstating a pause on parts of the state's near-total abortion ban. This move restores access to emergency abortions in Idaho under federal law.
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has expressed strong support for the recent advisory issued by the Office of the Surgeon General on firearm violence. The AMA emphasizes that physicians across the United States regularly witness the devastating physical and emotional impacts of firearm violence on patients and their families.
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"The statistics on intimate partner violence are staggering, and making firearms more accessible to individuals under a domestic violence restraining order would certainly have resulted in more death and injury. As physicians who treat the victims and survivors of firearm violence every day, today’s ruling is a victory. It’s a win for our patients, our communities, and for commonsense laws," stated the American Medical Association (AMA) in response to the Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Rahimi.
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Prior authorization is a cost-control tactic requiring physicians to obtain approval from health insurance companies before treatments qualify for coverage. This administrative process exacerbates care delays and has been criticized as a “medical injustice disguised as paperwork” that benefits insurers at the expense of patient well-being.
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has expressed approval for the recent Supreme Court decision that maintains access to mifepristone, a medication used in reproductive care. The ruling comes amid ongoing debates and legal challenges concerning the drug's availability.
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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has released its latest report to Congress, proposing several payment options that it believes would improve the current Medicare law. The American Medical Association (AMA) has commended MedPAC for recognizing the unsustainable nature of the existing system, which lacks an adequate baseline and inflation-based updates.
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Bruce A. Scott, M.D., an otolaryngologist from Kentucky, was sworn in as the 179th president of the American Medical Association (AMA). Dr. Scott's inauguration marks the transition of the office from Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D., M.P.H., an anesthesiologist from Wisconsin. Following his presidential term, Dr. Ehrenfeld now serves as the AMA immediate past president.