Practice Management News

In a 198 to 68 vote, members of the American Academy of Physician Assistants’ House of Delegates passed a resolution to change the title of physician assistants to “physician associates.”

Including Black, Indigenous and people of color is necessary in photographs and studies of cutaneous reactions after the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, according to correspondence published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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.

Burnout is a growing problem in the medical community and, as pressure builds, has a negative impact on practitioners.

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.”