Practice Management News

The Council for Medical Specialty Societies, or CMSS, announced the launch of a new initiative that aims to reduce clinicians’ reliance on race in clinical decision-making and patient harms.

New survey results from the AMA illustrate the burden of prior authorization, with many physicians reporting that it leads to serious patient harms, delays care, reduces work productivity and more.

SAN DIEGO — Distinctions between burdens faced by those who experience different levels of chronic and episodic migraine should be drawn according to external health care-related factors rather than by symptoms alone, according to a poster.

Greater adherence to the planetary health diet was associated with a lower risk for an early death from several causes and produced a significantly lower environmental impact, a study showed.

Approximately one in five parents responding to a national survey reported giving their child melatonin for sleep, researchers reported.

As we enter the second half of 2024, it is important to understand some tax law changes that became effective this year and could affect your retirement savings and tax planning.

SAN DIEGO — AI-based models are currently best utilized as a predictor of headache, but show promise for expansion into the health care continuum, according to a speaker at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

The AMA House of Delegates adopted several new policies to promote public health at its annual meeting.

Veterans who were paired with service dogs demonstrated lower PTSD symptom severity, anxiety and depression, a study published in JAMA Network Open showed.

The AMA adopted policies to protect patients’ access to necessary health care in a variety of ways at its annual meeting.