The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about pertussis, treatment for whooping cough symptoms and more.

AMA strongly backs move tying physician payment to 75% of MEI, but Medicaid provisions have considerable negative impact for vulnerable patients. The massive budget package passed by the House of ...

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. AMA membership ...

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 ...

There are lots of ways that augmented intelligence (AI)—often called artificial intelligence—can help physicians transform health care for the better, from achieving more precise diagnoses to ...

There’s movement in Congress to further extend the regulatory flexibilities initiated as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic that have allowed telehealth to become more widespread in medicine.

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 ...

In a win for pregnant patients and their physicians, an Ohio appellate court has overturned a jury verdict that would have sent a woman to prison after she disclosed that she used illicit drugs during ...

It had been a challenge to provide real-time access to mental health care to patients at Henry Ford Health System—a member of the AMA Health System Program—regardless of whether a behavioral health ...

The CPT “vaccine early release schedule” is now known as the “immunization early release” schedule and includes vaccines/toxoids, immune globulins and serum or recombinant products. Two new seasonal ...

International medical graduates should submit applications to a minimum of 25 programs to have the best chance of being matched to a residency program. Applicants must register with the National ...