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Reliance on emergency medical services in rural areas doesn’t just influence health care cost and access. It also affects the workforce.
Physicians are increasing their use of digital tools enabled by augmented intelligence (AI)—also called artificial intelligence—to assist in the documentation of billing codes, medical charts and ...
University of Iowa Health Care’s patient-centered facility offers a full range of services for musculoskeletal care, including surgery and rehab. To build an orthopedic freestanding hospital, ...
Exclusive AMA data shows fewer doctors plan to leave their jobs soon, a sign of progress on retention. Find out how physician specialties compare.
Catch up with news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting, which ran June 6–11.
After surviving a brain tumor, Bobby Mukkamala, MD, begins his term with new perspective on the urgency needed to fix the U.S. health system’s flaws.
AMA survey shows physicians warming up to AI, but there’s still need to ensure such tools are developed and used responsibly and transparently.
Also known as vapes, e-cigarettes may seem safe to use, but they are not. Bilal Bangash, MD, of Bayhealth, shares more about vaping.
Physicians face a $1 billion across-the-board annual Medicare pay cut unless way-too-high projections for use of the G2211 billing code are adjusted.
AMA welcomes effort to address decades of falling payment while detailing how proposed Medicaid changes will lead to coverage interruptions.
A bipartisan bill backed by the AMA would help Medicare patients avoid unnecessary care delays by requiring appropriate specialty physicians to review.
The AMA Board of Trustees has chosen John Whyte, MD, MPH, a nationally renowned public health advocate, physician executive, corporate strategist and communication expert, as its next executive vice ...