The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the summer COVID strain for 2025 and more.

New Mexico’s governor vetoes bill that would have set a “dangerous precedent for allowing optometrists to perform surgical procedures.” The AMA is fighting scope creep. The AMA is applauding New ...

People are driven to choose a career in medicine not only because of their passion for the art and science of healing, but their deep capacity for care. However, the bureaucracy, systematic ...

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 ...

An impermissible use or disclosure of PHI is presumed to be a breach unless the covered entity demonstrates that there is a “low probability” that the PHI has been compromised. A physician must take ...

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 ...

In the big picture of health care policy, it is impossible to overstate how profoundly Medicare and Medicaid have contributed to the health, safety and security of our nation in the 60 years since ...

As drafted, provisions in the budget-reconciliation bill passed by the House of Representatives would make medical school more expensive. The AMA is deeply concerned that provisions of the 2025 budget ...

Bobby Mukkamala, MD, has held multiple leadership roles in organized medicine. But it took being a patient to get him fully ready to be AMA president. AMA President-elect Bobby Mukkamala, MD, has ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Felisha Gonzalez, MD, answering equity questions wasn’t enough. Through an AMA fellowship, she’s learning to drive action in policy and practice. Felisha Gonzalez, MD, wasn’t just interested in ...