The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about Dr. Mukkamala's plans as the new AMA president.

The House of Delegates moves to rein in the broken prior authorization process that endangers patient care and frustrates physicians.

The integration of cutting-edge technologies continues to reshape the way medical professionals approach diagnostics and treatment. Among these innovations, augmented intelligence (AI) has emerged as ...

When a health system rolls out new technology that it insists will make physicians’ lives easier, the announcement is typically met with skepticism. But the use of augmented intelligence (AI)—often ...

Amid evolving health care challenges, physicians at Rush University System for Health are leading change through innovation, mentorship and community. Rush University Medical Center has built a ...

For more than 50 years, CPT has been the primary medical language used to communicate across health care, enabling seamless processing and advanced analytics for medical procedures and services. The ...

The RVS Update Committee (RUC) is a volunteer group of 32 physicians and other health care professionals who advise Medicare on how to value a physician's work. Learn more about what the RUC does at ...

How is medical education changing? What is precision education? What does the AMA give grants for? What is an example of precision education in medicine? Our guests are Sanjay Desai, MD MACP, chief ...

Medicare physician payment has dropped 33% since 2001. The influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission outlines what Congress can do now. What’s the news: The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ...

AMA strongly backs move tying physician payment to 75% of MEI, but Medicaid provisions have considerable negative impact for vulnerable patients. The massive budget package passed by the House of ...

Stop grading the doctor on parking or the cafeteria food, says R. John Sawyer, PhD, of Ochsner Health. Here’s how to find and use metrics that matter. As high achievers, physicians have been ...

Mississippi patients can rest assured that any care they receive from advanced practice registered nurses will continue to be supervised by physicians. After active opposition from the Mississippi ...