The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the challenges physicians face and what's next for the AMA.

Exclusive AMA data shows that while job stress is easing and satisfaction is rising, each physician specialty requires targeted support. After years of rising, physician burnout rates are showing ...

AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

The RVS Update Committee (RUC) is a volunteer group of 32 physicians and other health care professionals who advise Medicare on how to value a physician's work. Learn more about what the RUC does at ...

The Division of Economic and Health Policy Research conducts independent research to support AMA federal, state and private sector advocacy agendas. One of the division’s most significant efforts is ...

For more than 50 years, CPT has been the primary medical language used to communicate across health care, enabling seamless processing and advanced analytics for medical procedures and services. The ...

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Payers, health care organizations and the health care delivery system have a nearly $5 billion vested interest in making changes that can help reduce physician burnout, a study shows. Primary care ...

That is how many patients rely on Medicare to access physician care. After fifth straight year of cuts, Congress must address systemic problems. In a wide-ranging talk with reporter Kelly Hooper of ...

Exclusive AMA data shows doctor burnout has fallen below 45%, but the job isn’t done. Health systems continue to work with the AMA to reduce burnout. After years marked by stress, exhaustion and ...

How is medical education changing? What is precision education? What does the AMA give grants for? What is an example of precision education in medicine? Our guests are Sanjay Desai, MD MACP, chief ...

As chief wellness officer (CWO) for Lehigh Valley Health Network, Amy A. Jibilian, MD, shares the need to reduce stigma and ease administrative burdens. Physician burnout remains one of the most ...