<ѻýҕl>AMA to Amp Up Hospital Consolidation Scrutinyѻýҕl> "The entire healthcare industry is consolidating into one big clotted mass," says delegate Jun 15, 2023
<ѻýҕl>'We Need It Now': AMA Delegates Urge Public Health System Funding, Supportѻýҕl> COVID-era funding is drying up as Medicaid rolls are shrinking Jun 15, 2023
<ѻýҕl>AMA Opposes Legacy Preferences in Med School Applicationsѻýҕl> Delegates persuade House members to acknowledge "discriminatory impact" of long-standing practice Jun 14, 2023
<ѻýҕl>New AMA President Urges More Action on Substance Use Disorder, Mental Illnessѻýҕl> Jesse Ehrenfeld is the association's first openly gay person in the job Jun 14, 2023
<ѻýҕl>AMA Declares Payment Reform an 'Urgent' Priorityѻýҕl> Delegates to hold leaders accountable for progress Jun 13, 2023
<ѻýҕl>AMA Delegates Make Short Work of Proposals on Abortionѻýҕl> But a bid to add vision, hearing coverage to Medicare lasted longer in the spotlight Jun 13, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Should Students Carry Naloxone? AMA Members Debate Policy Stanceѻýҕl> Delegates also examine role in preventing border wall injuries and recidivism in jails, prisons Jun 12, 2023
<ѻýҕl>AMA Wrestles With Part B Drug Costs, Wheelchair Ramps, and Dementia Careѻýҕl> At the House of Delegates meeting, members debated on various topics Jun 12, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Airlines Need to Let Wheelchair Users Use Them on Planes, AMA Members Sayѻýҕl> Rescheduling testosterone also under discussion at annual meeting Jun 12, 2023
<ѻýҕl>AMA Urged to Do More to Safeguard Adolescent Gender-Affirming Careѻýҕl> Association needs to move from passive support to proactive protection, delegate says Jun 11, 2023
<ѻýҕl>States Must Stop Criminalizing Medicine, AMA Delegates Sayѻýҕl> "This is unacceptable...and it's time for us to push back" Jun 11, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Outgoing AMA President Calls for Unity in the Relay That Is Medicineѻýҕl> "Our common cause is to speak out for and to advance our flame," says Jack Resneck Jr., MD Jun 10, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Should Board Certification Organizations Have to Meet Particular Standards?ѻýҕl> AMA delegates debate the question, air their grievances with maintenance of certification Nov 17, 2022
<ѻýҕl>AMA Edges Closer to Supporting Public Optionѻýҕl> Members will also oppose employer mandates requiring docs to sign contracts waiving due process Nov 16, 2022
<ѻýҕl>AMA Discusses Emergency Cardiac Care, Abortion as Delegates Wrap Up Interim Meetingѻýҕl> Resolution on transgender athletes also approved Nov 16, 2022
<ѻýҕl>AMA Votes to Oppose Punishing Doctors When Necessary Care Results in Fetal Deathѻýҕl> Doctors recount horrors of physician and patient arrests after loss of pregnancy Nov 15, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Expanding Vaccination Pay, 'Public Option' Fuel Debate Among AMA Delegatesѻýҕl> Resolutions also advocate for greater accuracy in Medicare Advantage plan offerings and more Nov 14, 2022
<ѻýҕl>COVID Vaccine Mandates in the Spotlight at the AMA's Interim Meetingѻýҕl> Sobriety criteria for liver transplant patients also discussed Nov 14, 2022
<ѻýҕl>AMA President Says 'Enough is Enough' to Divisive Politics, Fake News in Medicineѻýҕl> "We cannot allow physicians or our patients to become pawns," says Jack Resneck Jr., MD Nov 13, 2022
<ѻýҕl>AMA President-Elect Comes By His Profession Naturallyѻýҕl> As the child of a dentist and a psychologist, Jesse Ehrenfeld says he was "called" to medicine Jun 17, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Health Equity, Gun Violence Prevention Among Priorities for AMA's New Presidentѻýҕl> Jack Resneck, Jr., MD, talks about running "the race we're in" Jun 15, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Unmatched Physicians' Futures a Focus at the AMA Meetingѻýҕl> Delegates debate allowing them to work in underserved areas with licensed physician supervision Jun 15, 2022
<ѻýҕl>AMA Acknowledges Voting Is a Social Determinant of Healthѻýҕl> Gerrymandering has disenfranchised already vulnerable communities, delegates argue Jun 14, 2022
<ѻýҕl>AMA Delegates Pass Resolution on Gun Violenceѻýҕl> The group also addressed use of BMI as a standard measure, protection of sexual assault victims Jun 14, 2022
<ѻýҕl>AMA Annual Meeting Marred by Election Violation Chargeѻýҕl> President-elect candidate Willarda Edwards accused of vote-trading, denies any wrongdoing Jun 13, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Med Students Call for Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools at the AMA Meetingѻýҕl> Making families responsible for sex education isn't working, say advocates of proposed policy Jun 13, 2022
<ѻýҕl>AMA Debates Policy on Informal Milk Sharing Amid Formula Shortageѻýҕl> "There's nothing nefarious going on here," said one delegate opposing proposed policy Jun 13, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Drug Price Negotiation in the Spotlight at AMA Annual Meetingѻýҕl> Amendment on international pricing draws controversy Jun 13, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Should Docs Get Paid for Time Spent on Prior Authorizations?ѻýҕl> AMA delegates were split on this question at a reference committee hearing Jun 12, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Gun Violence Is a Scourge That Must Be Dealt With, Says Outgoing AMA Presidentѻýҕl> It "cannot be our new normal," Gerald Harmon, MD, says at the House of Delegates meeting Jun 11, 2022
<ѻýҕl>Some AMA Delegates Decry Dismissal of Global Warming as a Health Crisisѻýҕl> Climate change harms patients and physicians' practices, they argue Nov 27, 2021
<ѻýҕl>AMA Calls for Greater Police Accountability in New Reportѻýҕl> Excludes reform on qualified immunity and demilitarization, to some delegates' disappointment Nov 17, 2021
<ѻýҕl>AMA Advocates to Strengthen Title IX Protections for Sexual Assault Victimsѻýҕl> Proposed DOE rules disempower victims, exclude off-campus complaints, argue proponents for change Nov 16, 2021
<ѻýҕl>AMA Ready to Target Disinformation Docsѻýҕl> "Role of social media in amplifying" disinformation docs also needs to be examined, says delegate Nov 16, 2021
<ѻýҕl>AMA's Strategic Equity Plan Under Fireѻýҕl> Delegates debate issues of free speech and whether an individual or group can be named "racist" Nov 15, 2021
<ѻýҕl>AMA Delegates Target Naturopaths Who Write Vaccine Exemptionsѻýҕl> Other proposals focused on minimum wage, access to menstrual care products, and looming pay cuts Nov 15, 2021
<ѻýҕl>AMA Delegates Spar Over Medicaid Coverage for Undocumented Pregnant Womenѻýҕl> "We have to stop looking at this as an 'us versus them'" situation, says delegate Nov 15, 2021
<ѻýҕl>Med Students Call for 'Virginity Testing' Ban in U.S.ѻýҕl> AMA needs to "make a concerted effort to educate patients and their families about such harm" Nov 15, 2021
<ѻýҕl>AMA Delegates Spar Over Medicare Drug Price Negotiationѻýҕl> Some worry this could lead to price controls for physician services Nov 14, 2021
<ѻýҕl>More Support Needed for Abortion Training for Med Students, Say AMA Delegatesѻýҕl> "Termination of pregnancy is a critical aspect of caring for our patients" Nov 14, 2021