Driving the future of precision medicine: Advocacy

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AMA advocacy efforts

To counteract the uncertainties around precision medicine, the AMA is working to ensure physicians have a voice in regulatory and payment legislation. The AMA has adopted over 40 policiesto promote sustainable precision medicine delivery, and developed guiding principles to direct its efforts.

Advancing public health

AMA membership offers unique access to savings and resources tailored to enrich the personal and professional lives of physicians, residents and medical students.

  1. Integrating precision medicine into alternative payment models H-185.923 (2018)

  2. Payment and coverage for genetic/genomic precision medicine D-185.980 (2018)

  3. The Precision Medicine Initiative D-460.968 (2018)

  4. Genomic-based personalized medicine H-460.908 (2017)

  5. Genetic Discrimination and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act H-65.659 (2017)

  6. Direct-to-consumer marketing and availability of genetic testing D-480.987 (2017)

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