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AMA Update is your source for physician-focused news. Hear from physicians and other experts on trending public health concerns, practice issues, and more. Because who’s doing the talking matters.

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AMA Update 230: FDA, CDC expand Pfizer & Moderna bivalent vaccines to kids 6 months and up with Sandra Fryhofer, MD

13 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:09:01 0 Comments

Bivalent COVID vaccines for young kids authorized by FDA—and recommended by CDC. The latest on Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old with AMA Board Chair Sandra Fryhofer, MD, who is also the AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 229: A huge win for prior authorization reform in Michigan with Bobby Mukkamala, MD

12 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:19:55 0 Comments

Bobby Mukkamala, MD, an otolaryngologist from Flint, joins to discuss a prior authorization victory for physicians in Michigan. Dr. Mukkamala is also the Immediate Past Chair of the AMA Board of Trustees. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

For more information on the AMA’s efforts to fix prior authorization, visit: https://fixpriorauth.org/

Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery

AMA Update 228: Medical student policy, advocacy, policy & leadership: the next generation of medicine with Reilly Bealer

8 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:16:51 0 Comments

American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger chats about how medical students can influence policy with Reilly Bealer—a medical student at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University. Reilly previously served as the AMA’s Government Relations and Advocacy Fellow, and is now chair of the AMA Medical Student Section (MSS).

Interested in getting involved in the AMA’s Medical Student Section? Visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/member-groups-sections/medical-students

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AMA Update 227: ‘Tripledemic’ of flu, RSV & COVID-19 cases continue to rise with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

7 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:01 0 Comments

It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week and AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, reminds you to #FightFlu by getting your flu shot. Also covering the latest news on coronavirus from a post-Thanksgiving surge, what doctors need to know about monoclonal antibody treatments, and Pfizer BioNTech submitted an Emergency Use Authorization application to the FDA for its omicron-targeting coronavirus booster for children younger than 5. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

CDC Influenza resources for physicians: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/resource-center/nivw/activities.htm

AMA Update 226: Providing hospital level care at home with Narayana Murali, MD

5 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:19:58 0 Comments

Narayana Murali, MD, system chief medical officer of medicine services at Geisinger Health, discusses providing hospital level care in patients’ homes. Dr. Murali is also chair of the AMA’s Integrated Physician Practice Section (IPPS). American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Check out AMA’s Future of Health Report here: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/ama-future-health-report

Interested in AMA’s Integrated Physician Practice Section (IPPS)? Learn more at: https://www.ama-assn.org/member-groups-sections/integrated-physician-practices

AMA Update 225: AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, responds to disinformation, politicization of medicine

1 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:21:55 0 Comments

AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, believes «we need to fix what’s broken—and it’s not the doctor.» This episode details the challenges facing physicians, their patients, and how now is the time for physicians to stand together in the fight for #HealthcareReform. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Watch Dr. Resneck’s full speech here: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/speeches/jack-resneck-jr-md-address-2022-interim-meeting-hod

Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery

AMA Update 224: RSV, flu trends plus COVID predictions with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

29 de noviembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:11 0 Comments

AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, shares the latest post-Thanksgiving «tripledemic» trends, as well as findings from a new CDC study on how the updated boosters performed in the real world. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 223: Reducing physician burden with Medicare payment with Todd Askew

28 de noviembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:32 0 Comments

AMA Senior Vice President of Advocacy Todd Askew discusses the AMA’s latest advocacy efforts on Medicare physician payment reform. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts. Visit https://physiciansgrassrootsnetwork.org/ for more information.

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

Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery

AMA Update 222: What you need to know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) with Paul Offit, MD

23 de noviembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:00 0 Comments

Today we cover everything parents and physicians need to know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) with Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Offit is also a member of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.