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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 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 194: Telehealth coverage, Medicare payment and more with Jason Marino

26 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:21:45 0 Comments

American Medical Association CXO and host, Todd Unger, discusses the AMA’s recent advocacy efforts in 3 key areas: #telehealth, prior authorization, and #Medicare payment with Jason Marino—the AMA’s director of congressional affairs in Washington D.C.

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

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

Interested in helping protect patient access to care? Check out the Physicians Grassroots Network here: https://physiciansgrassrootsnetwork.org/

AMA Update 193: Why it’s important to have women in medicine with Suja Mathew, MD

22 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:15:33 0 Comments

September marks AMA’s #WomenInMedicineMonth. Today Suja Mathew, MD, executive vice president and chief clinical officer at Atlantic Health System, discusses how she leads with purpose – this year’s theme. Dr. Mathew is also a newly elected member of the AMA Council on Medical Education. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Celebrate #WIMMonth and get involved here: https://ama-assn.org/WomenMedicineMonth

AMA Update 192: Flu shot, COVID boosters, TPOXX treatments and more with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

21 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:32 0 Comments

AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses preparing for flu season, changes to CDC’s TPOXX guidance, as well as the latest data and findings from new physician burnout research study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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

Read more about the AMA, Mayo Clinic, and Stanford Medicine research findings on physician burnout here: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/physician-burnout-rate-spikes-new-height

AMA Update 191: Addressing Medicare payment problems for physicians with Jack Resneck Jr., MD

20 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:55 0 Comments

AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, a practicing dermatologist and health care policy expert in San Francisco, discusses the latest advocacy efforts on Medicare physician payment reform. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

View «Characteristics of a Rational Medicare Payment System» PDF here: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/characteristics-rational-medicare-payment-principles.pdf

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 190: How social determinants of health impact health outcomes with Laura Zimmermann, MD

19 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:16:08 0 Comments

Laura Zimmermann, MD, Interim Division Chief of General Internal Medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, discusses a step-by-step approach for physicians to address social determinants of health in their practice. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Looking for more resources? To access the AMA STEPS Forward® toolkit (CME credit), visit: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/module/2702762

Watch the full AMA STEPS Forward® webinar on social determinants of health here:
https://bit.ly/3BMnlyj

AMA Update 189: Health policy, medical research, clinical care & more with Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD

15 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:39 0 Comments

The new editor-in-chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, discusses her transition from academic, physician-scientist to starting her new role at one of the most widely circulated general medical journals in the world. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Celebrate #WomenInMedicineMonth and learn more here: https://ama-assn.org/WomenMedicineMonth

AMA Update 188: New COVID booster, monkeypox vaccine eligibility & polio in New York with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

14 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:50 0 Comments

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, shares the latest CDC recommendations, research data, and study findings on: poliovirus in New York, HIV and monkeypox—as well as COVID hospitalization rates and the effectiveness of vaccinations and boosters during Omicron. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 187: Six drivers of physician burnout with ICPH keynote speaker, Paul DeChant, MD, MBA

13 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:18:05 0 Comments

Paul DeChant, MD, MBA, one of the featured keynote speakers at the 2022 International Conference on Physician Health™, Oct. 13-15, in Orlando, Fla., shares six key drivers of physician burnout and how to address them. This year’s conference theme is “engaging organizations to achieve cultural change.” American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Registration for ICPH 2022 closes Sept. 22! Reserve your spot now: https://bit.ly/3N7cdP2

AMA Update 186: Physician-led health care teams with Bryan Batson, MD

12 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:21:40 0 Comments

Bryan Batson, MD, CEO of Hattiesburg Clinic, in Hattiesburg, Miss., shares details from a new study that demonstrates the value of physician-led, team-based care. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Read more about Hattiesburg Clinic’s «Targeting Value-based Care with Physician-led Care Teams”, here: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/scope-practice/amid-doctor-shortage-nps-and-pas-seemed-fix-data-s-nope

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