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AMA Update 456: Scope creep in health care: 2024 trends and the latest scope of practice legislation in Mississippi

10 de mayo de 2024 casimedicos 00:10:47 0 Comments

What is the purpose of having scope of practice laws? Why do scope of practice laws vary by state? Does scope of practice help regulate the health care field? Our guest is Claude Brunson, MD, MS, executive director of the Mississippi State Medical Association. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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🏛️ Wondering what is scope of practice and why is it important? Visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/scope-practice/ama-successfully-fights-scope-practice-expansions-threaten

🤝 Learn more about grant funding through AMA’s Scope of Practice Partnership: https://www.ama-assn.org/topics/scope-practice-partnership

🗺️ AMA Health Workforce Mapper: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/research/health-workforce-mapper

📚 Access free scope of practice resources here: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/scope-practice/scope-practice-key-tools-resources

🛑 AMA efforts to #StopScopeCreep: https://bit.ly/AMARecoveryPlan_ScopeOfPractice

AMA Update 455: Latest bird flu news, Long Beach tuberculosis outbreak, and CDC Mpox Clade 1 DRC update

8 de mayo de 2024 casimedicos 00:12:12 0 Comments

How does bird flu spread to humans? Can bird flu kill humans? Is there a tuberculosis outbreak in California? Is tuberculosis curable? Are Mpox cases on the rise? Our guest is AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🗺️ CDC current avian flu map: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/data-map-commercial.html

💻 For bird flu news visit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC H5N1 Bird Flu Current Situation Summary: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/avian-flu-summary.htm

🚨 If the CDC issues new health warning, get the latest CDC health alert 2024 via the Health Alert Network (HAN CDC website): https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/

CDC HAN Mpox – Mpox Caused by Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox Virus with Geographic Spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han00501.asp

📍 Googling «mpox vaccine near me»? Use the CDC Mpox Vaccine Locator here: https://npin.cdc.gov/web-tools/mpox-vaccine-locator

💉 Updated CDC Mpox vaccine recommendations: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/vaccines/vaccine-recommendations.html

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AMA Update 454: Facts about fentanyl and how to treat substance use disorder

6 de mayo de 2024 casimedicos 00:16:25 0 Comments

When is fentanyl awareness day? Is fentanyl an opioid? What is the most effective treatment for opioid use disorder? Fentanyl poisoning: What is fentanyl in? Our guest is Stephen Taylor, MD, MPH, president-elect of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

💪 Get involved in the fight to end the overdose epidemic: https://end-overdose-epidemic.org/

🧰 Access the Opioid Risk Tool PDF: https://nida.nih.gov/sites/default/files/opioidrisktool.pdf

🩹 Essentials of Good Pain Care – A Team-Based Approach – Safely Manage Acute and Chronic Pain: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/module/2702759

💊 Using Opioids Safely – Practical Guidance for Pain Management: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/science-medicine-public-health/interactive/17579512

💻 Looking for more opioid CME credit? AMA EdHub login: https://bit.ly/AMAEdHub

📋 American Society of Addition Medicine opioid use disorder treatment guidelines available: https://www.asam.org/quality-care/clinical-guidelines

🗞️ The Journal of Addiction Medicine: https://www.asam.org/publications-resources/the-journal-of-addiction-medicine

🧠 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration resources and mental health services available at: https://findtreatment.gov/

📞 Call SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

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AMA Update 453: How to speed up your prior auth process using EHR data exchange

3 de mayo de 2024 casimedicos 00:10:34 0 Comments

What is the new CMS rule for prior authorization? Why do prior authorizations get denied? What are the benefits of electronic health information exchange?

Our guest is Philip Oravetz, MD, chief population health officer at Ochsner Health. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

📋 Looking for prior authorization cheat sheet resources? Check out: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/sustainability/prior-authorization-practice-resources

📺 AMA President Dr. Ehrenfeld explains CMS prior authorization final rule: https://youtu.be/uEjV4CWlMJ4?si=mVsOqLtw_XKOYII-

📰 Read about the changes coming in CMS Interoperability Rule 2026: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/15-billion-win-physicians-prior-authorization

🗣 Get involved! Patients and physicians can share prior authorization stories at: https://fixpriorauth.org/

📊 Access AMA prior authorization resources and research: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/prior-authorization-research-reports

📚 Free prior authorization templates and model legislation: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/prior-authorization-reform-resources

🏛️ Stay up to date on the AMA’s advocacy efforts to fix prior authorization: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/advocacy-action-fixing-prior-authorization

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AMA Update 452: CDC heat risk initiative, air pollution statistics and the latest news on bird flu in milk

1 de mayo de 2024 casimedicos 00:11:42 0 Comments

Is it too hot outside? What is the CDC doing for climate change? How bad is air pollution right now? What is particle pollution? Is milk safe to drink?

Our guest is AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🌐 Wondering if it’s too hot to walk your dog? Check out the CDC’s Heat & Health Tracker: https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applications/heatTracker/

💻 Physicians should also check out the CDC’s Clinical Guidance for Heat and Cardiovascular Disease: https://www.cdc.gov/heat-health/hcp/heat-and-people-with-cardiovascular-disease.html

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AMA Update 451: Benefits of lifestyle medicine, managing chronic disease, plus physician retirement advice

29 de abril de 2024 casimedicos 00:17:24 0 Comments

What is lifestyle medicine? Is lifestyle medicine a medical specialty? What are the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine? What do doctors do when they retire?

Our guest is Elizabeth Pegg Frates, MD, president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

💻 Get more information on lifestyle medicine board certification via the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine: https://ablm.org/lifestyle-medicine-certification/

🥼 Wondering what do lifestyle medicine doctors do? Access CME resources from American College of Lifestyle Medicine here: https://lifestylemedicine.org/

📚 For articles and research on lifestyle diseases, check out the lifestyle medicine journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/AJL

🔍 Googling «lifestyle medicine doctors near me»? Visit: https://www.lifestylemedpros.org/home

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AMA Update 450: Akiko Iwasaki on what causes long COVID, brain fog, the Yale Paxlovid study and long COVID treatments

26 de abril de 2024 casimedicos 00:12:40 0 Comments

What causes long COVID? Is long COVID dangerous? Who is most likely to get long COVID? Any pediatric long COVID news? What can be done for long term COVID?

Our guest is Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🏆 Check out Yale Immunologist Akiko Iwasaki on TIME’s Most Influential People 2024: https://time.com/6964230/akiko-iwasaki/

🔬 Keep up with new COVID research from Iwasaki Lab Yale: https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/iwasaki/news/

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AMA Update 449: Preparing for the next pandemic, bird flu outbreak, measles cases and years of life lost statistics

24 de abril de 2024 casimedicos 00:12:32 0 Comments

Is there a vaccine for bird flu? Can pets get bird flu? Is America prepared for another pandemic? What is an example of a DALY? Why is global health security important?

Our guest is AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

💻 Learn more about the US national strategy for countering biological threats, enhancing pandemic preparedness, and achieving global health security USAID: https://www.usaid.gov/global-health/health-areas/global-health-security

🔏 Wondering what are the objectives of the Global Health Security Agenda? Visit United States Agency for International Development for details on the Global Health Security Agenda GHSA: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/security/what-is-ghsa.htm

🌐 For more information on the global pandemic accord: https://www.who.int/news/item/20-03-2024-call-for-urgent-agreement-on-international-deal-to-prepare-for-and-prevent-future-pandemics

The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal for the Global burden associated with 85 pathogens in 2019 A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00158-0/fulltext

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AMA Update 448: The benefits of private practice in medicine and how technology helps physicians

22 de abril de 2024 casimedicos 00:19:17 0 Comments

Is it worth going into private practice? Why do some doctors prefer private practice? What are the pros and cons of private practice?

Our guest is Omar Z. Maniya, MD, MBA, CEO, of Maniya Health. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🧰 Learn how to eliminate inefficiencies in your practice with the AMA’s «Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff» tooklit: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/module/2757858

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