The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the latest in bird flu and policies from the 2024 AMA Annual Meeting.
AMA creates tools and resources so physicians can focus on their patients and keep their practices open.
AMA Board of Trustees Chair Willie Underwood III, MD, MSc, MPH, outlines what health care organizations should do to reduce physician burnout.
Take a look at the crucial role of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in our nation's health care landscape and how the AMA is working to support IMGs.
Precision education is a developing concept and one of four new focus areas for the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative. Find out more.
Find information on commissions during the recruitment year.
The road to Match Day 2025 has many milestones. This guide offers insight on what to do at each step of the physician residency-selection process.
With high medical student-loan debt, doctors entering Indian Health Service face low pay. AMA calls for improving their access to loan forgiveness.
Licensing exams place big burdens on resident physicians. AMA calls for changes to Step 3 and COMLEX Level 3 to help save residents time and money.
AMA-supported prior authorization bill reintroduced in Congress and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.
AMA comments on 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient payment proposed rule and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.
The 2024 International Conference on Physician Health will be held Oct. 17–Oct. 19, 2024. Learn more.
This two-day boot camp Sept. 23-24, 2024, is designed for clinical and operational change agents looking to eliminate unnecessary work and free up more time to focus on what matters most–patient care.
Review the list of candidates to serve as AMA officers, on the Board of Trustees and councils.
Review the reports and resolutions submitted for consideration at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
See how the CCB recommends changes to the AMA Constitution and Bylaws and assists in reviewing the rules, regulations and procedures of AMA sections.
View candidates for upcoming elections for the International Medical Graduates Section Governing Council.
Read about candidates running for an open leadership position with the Academic Physicians Section (APS).
In the news: Body roundness index, FDA on donanemab to treat early-stage Alzheimer’s, new heart disease risk calculator and more.
Read about the process for changes to the CPT® codes and the role of the CPT Advisory Committee.
AMA Task Force to Reduce Opioid Abuse works with physicians to fight the opioid epidemic. Find about more about our opioid abuse prevention task force from the AMA.
Delegates seek to ensure that evidence-based treatment for substance-use disorders, along with social support, is available in correctional facilities and upon release.
Access to medication treatment in correctional facilities is not only protected by the law, but it is essential.
The drug-overdose epidemic continues during the COVID-19 pandemic, but steps are being taken that will save lives and enhance access to treatment.
Evidence shows medications to treat substance-use disorder treatment in jails and prisons are lifesaving, yet they’re too often denied. Learn more with the AMA.
AMA commends FDA’s approval of a higher dose naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray product to treat opioid overdose.
Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for April 2021.
AMA is pleased that HHS will support physicians to prescribe buprenorphine, will remove daunting regulatory barriers for patients with opioid use disorder.
Expanding patients’ access to buprenorphine and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Opioids can be an effective treatment for chronic pain, but prescribing them properly requires prudence. Learn more from the AMA.