casimedicos

AMA Update 549: AMA advocacy efforts for 2025: Fixing Medicare now, prior authorization reform and more

What does the AMA advocate for? What does the AMA do? Is Medicare reducing payments to doctors? Are there telehealth exemptions in 2025? Todd Askew, senior vice president of advocacy at the American Medical Association, joins from the AMA State Advocacy Summit to outline the AMA’s top priorities for 2025. This includes reversing Medicare payment cuts, extending telehealth policies, fixing prior authorization issues to reduce administrative burdens for doctors, as well as continuing grassroots and physician engagement with elected officials to support key healthcare policies. AMA CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew

📨 Stay up to date on all the latest advocacy news by subscribing to AMA Advocacy Update: https://ama-assn.co/Advocacy_newsletter

Read More

Neurology® Podcast Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes Associated With Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Dr. Justin Abbatemarco talks with Dr. Nicolás Lundahl Ciano-Petersen about the clinical and immunologic profile of patients with paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes associated with Merkel cell carcinoma. Read the related article in . Disclosures can…

Read More

SoVaMFiC – Radio UMH Gestión Sanitaria en Atención Primaria en «Escucha a tu Médico de Familia», 9 de enero de 2025

090125 Podcast SOVAMFIC En este episodio, hablaremos sobre la importancia de la gestión sanitaria en la Atención Primaria. La planificación, la organización y la gestión de recursos son esenciales para mejorar la salud de las personas y la calidad de l…

Read More

Mayo Clinic Talks 557: Life as a Physician Series: Part 2 «Retiring Gracefully: Life After Medicine»

Hosts: Sanj Kakar, M.D. and Dawn Marie R. Davis, M.D. Guests: Deborah J. Lightner, M.D. and Edward T. Creagan, M.D. A career in medicine is rewarding and challenging. It is imperative physicians are prepared to transition to life beyond medicine as they consider retirement.  In this episode of our series, «Life as a Physician», we…

Read More

Sin Cita Previa: Salud en Familia 161: 161 Prevención de enfermedades en el recién nacido

¿Cómo se previenen enfermedades en bebés desde las primeras horas de vida? Descubre todo sobre prevención de conjuntivitis neonatal, enfermedad hemorrágica, hepatitis B y cardiopatías congénitas.

Read More

AMA Update 548: Bird flu 2025, first H5N1 death, norovirus outbreak, and links between drinking alcohol and cancer

Should I be worried about bird flu? How do humans get bird flu? What’s the stomach virus going around? What happens if you drink alcohol daily? AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses alcohol’s link to cancer, the latest bird flu news, flu season trends, and the rise of norovirus. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew

🗺️ CDC current avian flu map: https://ama-assn.co/avianflu_map

Read More

Entiende Tu Mente 365: La crisis de los 30 | 365

“¿Estaré haciendo lo correcto?”, “¿Qué camino debo tomar?”, “¿Seré capaz de mantenerme económicamente y asumir tantas responsabilidades?”. Dar el salto hacia la adultez puede venir acompañado de estas (y muchas otras) preguntas. Pero… ¿sabes qué? Esto es más común de lo que pensamos. Esta es una etapa de transición en la que los miedos, las…

Read More

Mayo Clinic Talks 556: Life as a Physician Series: Part 1 «Retiring Gracefully: Life After Medicine»

Hosts: Sanj Kakar, M.D. and Dawn Marie R. Davis, M.D. Guests: Deborah J. Lightner, M.D. and Edward T. Creagan, M.D. A career in medicine is rewarding and challenging. It is imperative physicians are prepared to transition to life beyond medicine as they consider retirement.  In this episode of our series, «Life as a Physician», we…

Read More

Neurology® Podcast Using Design Thinking to Understand the Reason for Headache Referrals

Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Dr. Ashish D. Patel about headache referrals and the implementation of a design thinking approach to improve access to headache care. Read the related article in . Disclosures can be found at .  

Read More

AMA Update 547: AI scribes for clinicians: How ambient listening in medicine works and future AI use cases

What is an ambient scribe? How does scribe AI work? Are AI scribes worth it? What are the medical issues with AI? Brian Hoberman, MD, executive vice president of information technology and chief information officer at The Permanente Federation and chief information officer at The Permanente Medical Group in Northern California. Dr. Hoberman discusses the implementation and impact of ambient scribe technology and shares insights on how technology enhances clinician-patient interaction by reducing administrative burdens and improving documentation accuracy. Also covering the challenges of adapting technology to medical specialties, the future potential of AI in health care, and the importance of responsible AI usage. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew

🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more about our AMA advocacy priorities, including:
▹ Reforming Medicare payment
▹ Fighting scope creep
▹ Fixing prior authorization
▹ Reducing physician burnout
▹ Making technology work for physicians

Read More