Congress should pass pending legislation to expand residency training slots, along with related proposals to address the projected physician shortage.

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 ...

Awareness is on the rise for the significant shortcomings in nurse practitioners’ training in the United States at a time of aggressive efforts to expand their ability to practice without physician ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Physicians are increasingly recognizing the importance of having a strong, unified voice in the evolving landscape of health care. And the AMA Integrated Physician Practice Section (AMA-IPPS) offers ...

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 ...

A federal appeals court says that the government overstepped its bounds when it attempted to dictate how certain factors should be weighed in an independent-dispute resolution process that Congress ...

As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it’s like to specialize in general surgery? Meet Philip Gachassin, MD, a general surgeon and a featured doctor in the AMA’s "Shadow Me” Specialty Series, ...