State CME Requirements

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12 Min Read

Understanding the Texas Gold Card Law: Advocacy and legislative efforts in prior authorization [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the Texas Gold Card Law.

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Prior Authorization
AMA Update Podcast
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6 Min Read

IMGs don’t just fill gaps. They can become leaders too.

International medical graduates (IMGs) have faced bias for decades. A prominent IMG physician says advocacy is the way to change that.

International Med Ed
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4 Min Read

New federal rule aims to add teeth on mental health parity

A 2008 federal law requires mental health parity, but payers have often skirted it. Final Biden administration rule seeks to change that.

Federal Advocacy
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3 Min Read

SPS member profile: James R. Yates, MD

AMA SPS member James R. Yates, MD, shares the importance of advocacy and contributing to the community and more. 

Senior Physicians
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4 Min Read

Another form of mammography for breast-cancer detection

Contrast-enhanced mammography can help find breast cancers regular mammograms may miss. Learn how University of Iowa Health Care has put it into practice.

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Chronic Diseases
Health System Spotlight
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6 Min Read

Can investments cut health gaps? Chicago’s a proving ground

There’s a 14-year life-expectancy gap between different Chicago neighborhoods. Find out how the AMA and others are investing to overturn this inequity.

Optimal Health
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4 Min Read

How prior authorization hurts the nation’s littlest patients

Pediatric care is not immune from insurers’ time-wasting, care-delaying tactic—even in the emergency department.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
AMA Update for Oct. 9, 2024: More cases of bird flu in California, new avian flu testing, Rwanda Marburg virus outbreak update
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11 Min Read

More cases of bird flu in California, new avian flu testing, Rwanda Marburg virus outbreak update

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about new avian flu testing and more.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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11 Min Read

More cases of bird flu in California, new avian flu testing, Rwanda Marburg virus outbreak update [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about new avian flu testing and more.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update Podcast