Practice Management News

The AMA announced that it recently adopted a policy that will support removing a person’s sex designation from the public portion of birth certificates.

Despite a mounting number of state-level laws enacted to protect vulnerable patients against step therapy protocols, without official enforcement, these laws safeguard less than 10% of patients, according to data published in Health Economics Policy and Law.

The AMA adopted a policy it hopes will enhance the diversity of the physician workforce, according to a press release.

CMS recently proposed a rule that aims to strengthen the U.S. health care workforce.

The United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act in a 7-2 vote.

Gerald E. Harmon, MD, was recently sworn in as the 176th president of the AMA.

The AMA said it has adopted new policies regarding the prior authorization process, with its outgoing president stating that maintaining the status quo may cause “life-or-death consequences.”

Inflation was a popular topic in the financial media this spring and one worth addressing in our column.

Most practicing physicians in the United States who were surveyed reported being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with no significant differences in vaccination by gender, age or geographic location, according to the AMA.

Women physicians “consistently” reported worse work-life integration than men across a range of demographic and professional factors, survey data in JAMA Network Open showed.