Why do prior authorizations take so long? Is prior authorization required for emergency services? Why would insurance deny a medication? Melissa Garretson, MD, a pediatric emergency physician at Cook ...

One of the most important factors in determining whether physicians and other health professionals will experience symptoms of burnout is whether they feel valued. But until recently, no large-scale ...

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 ...

What’s the news: Medicare Advantage enrollees and their physicians in 2022 saw a larger share of their prior authorization requests denied when compared with previous years, according to a recently ...

Although there is wide variation among specialties, all ambulatory care physicians spend a great deal of time working in their EHR—an average of 5.8 hours per eight hours of time scheduled for patient ...

What’s the news: A coalition of physician members of Congress introduced legislation that would reform the budget-neutrality policies applied to the Medicare physician payment schedule. The need for ...

It’s happening. Augmented intelligence (AI), often called artificial intelligence, is already at the point in its clinical application that it is transforming care. Indeed, the list of its ...

A physician recruiter has seen hundreds of doctors work through details of employment offers. Learn her recommendations for getting the right deal.

Meanwhile, 60 of Louisiana’s 64 parishes have primary care health-professional shortage areas. This includes the entirety of St. Martin Parish, which on various websites is touted as “where Cajun ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a 2.8% cut to physician Medicare payments starting Jan. 1. At the same time, the agency also estimates that the cost of practicing ...

Most health care organizations live and die by the productivity of their physicians. Still, many are slow to adopt a fundamental process that boosts physician satisfaction, according to new research.

Read the AMA’s latest policy on social media and its impact on mental health. In this episode, AMA Chief Experience Officer Todd Unger talks with best-selling author Jonathan Haidt, PhD, about his ...