By Brad BrokerThe American Medical Association (AMA) has recently unveiled a new policy regarding the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) as a tool for ...
Read More »Congress Provides Relief To Physician Practices Hit By Pandemic
Revisions to the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments program (AAP) will help keep physician practice doors open during the pandemic and continue to offer patients access at this time.
Read More »Doctors, Nurses Urge American Public To #StayHome To Fight Coronavirus Spread
Leading U.S. medical and health organizations today called on the American people to stay home to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ...
Read More »AMA Commends Administration for Declaring National Emergency to Bolster Response to COVID-19
The AMA commends the Administration for declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency under the Stafford Act. This emergency declaration is necessary to help ensure ...
Read More »AMA Abortion Lawsuit Puts Doctors In The Thick Of Debate
The American Medical Association is suing North Dakota to block two abortion-related laws, the latest signal the doctors’ group is shifting to a more aggressive ...
Read More »Physicians Urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to Consider Illegal Gun Sales a Public Health Emergency
MADISON, Wis. — The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Wisconsin Medical Society filed an amicus brief Tuesday in Wisconsin Supreme Court asserting that the owners of ...
Read More »Ten Health Recommendations for Successful New Year’s Resolutions
With the new year quickly approaching, the American Medical Association (AMA) is offering 10 recommendations to help Americans make the most impactful, long-lasting improvements to ...
Read More »AMA: Repealing Obamacare Would ‘Wreak Havoc on American Health Care’
Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision is a stunning display of judicial activism. Judicial power does not extend to settling policy disputes or exercising general supervision over ...
Read More »AMA, Pennsylvania Medical Society Release Study of PA Efforts to Reverse Opioid Epidemic
The American Medical Association (AMA), Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) and Manatt Health today released the first in a series of studies of state responses to ...
Read More »AMA To Push for Evidence-Based Treatment in Opioid Fight
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policy at its Annual Meeting to ensure that patients with substance use disorders receive evidence-based treatment – whether that ...
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