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AMA Update 541: “It’s such an eye-opening experience.” Bobby Mukkamala, MD, reflects on his brain tumor diagnosis

9 de diciembre de 2024 casimedicos 00:15:20 0 Comments

After sharing the news last month that he’s been diagnosed with a brain tumor, AMA President-elect Bobby Mukkamala, MD, joins us to share an update on how he’s doing, his treatment and lessons learned from navigating medicine as a patient. 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

📄 Read the initial announcement about Dr. Mukkamala’s diagnosis: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/leadership/ama-president-elect-bobby-mukkamala-md-has-brain-tumor

AMA Update 481: Health insurance denials, delayed care and medication access: How prior authorization hurts patients

15 de julio de 2024 casimedicos 00:12:17 0 Comments

Why do prior authorizations get denied? Who is responsible for getting pre authorization? Why is prior authorization so difficult? How long does prior authorization take? Our guest is American Medical Association President Bruce Scott, MD. AMA CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally in patient care. Join now: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew

🗣 Get involved! Patients and physicians can share prior authorization stories at: https://ama-assn.co/FixPriorAuth

📋 AMA prior authorization survey: https://ama-assn.co/PriorAuth_stats_PDF

📍 Googling «prior authorization laws by state»? Use AMA prior authorization state law chart: https://ama-assn.co/PriorAuth_laws_PDF

📢 AMA prior authorization physician advocacy examples: https://ama-assn.co/PriorAuth_training_PDF

📜 AMA prior authorization model bill: https://ama-assn.co/PriorAuth_legislation_PDF

📊 Access AMA prior authorization legislation resources and research: https://ama-assn.co/PriorAuth_report

📚 AMA prior authorization reform and model legislation: https://ama-assn.co/PriorAuth_reform

🏛️ Stay up to date on AMA efforts to fix prior authorization policy: https://ama-assn.co/PriorAuth_policy

🎞️ Get your CMS final rule prior authorization questions answered, watch: https://youtu.be/uEjV4CWlMJ4?si=QUCmuugnCdfExY2H

AMA Update 313: AI in health care, ending physician burnout & more with AMA’s new president Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH

20 de junio de 2023 casimedicos 00:09:23 0 Comments

The AMA’s new president, Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, discusses the current state of medicine, his priorities for the next year, as well as the challenges and opportunities ahead for the AMA and America’s physicians. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 310: AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, talks Medicare payment, physician burnout & reproductive care

12 de junio de 2023 casimedicos 00:17:37 0 Comments

AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, reflects on his presidency and shares what it was like to lead the AMA through the ups and downs of the past year, tackling issues like Medicare payment reform, fixing prior authorization, maintaining access to reproductive care and evidence-based medicine. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 235: COVID pandemic progress report and #FightingForDocs in 2023 with Jack Resneck Jr., MD

21 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos 00:19:55 0 Comments

Jack Resneck Jr., MD, president of the AMA, joins to discuss the AMA’s achievements in 2022 and what we can look forward to in 2023. 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

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

1 de diciembre de 2022 casimedicos 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 191: Addressing Medicare payment problems for physicians with Jack Resneck Jr., MD

20 de septiembre de 2022 casimedicos 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 123: The FDA on Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics: What physicians need to know, Part I

11 de febrero de 2022 casimedicos 00:10:04 0 Comments

AMA president Gerald Harmon, MD, welcomes experts from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss what prescribers need to know about COVID-19 therapeutic drugs, Paxlovid and Molnupiravir. Alternative treatment options for high-risk outpatients with mild-moderate COVID-19 are also discussed.

Guest: John Farley, MD, MPH, director, Office of Infectious Diseases in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s Office of New Drugs, FDA

AMA Update 118: AMA President Gerald Harmon, MD, discusses physicians’ vital role in a «pandemic of mistrust»

1 de febrero de 2022 casimedicos 00:20:25 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with AMA President Gerald Harmon, MD, a family medicine specialist in Pawleys Island, S.C., about the important role physicians can play at this pivotal time in the pandemic and the support they need to do so.