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.

Doctors also often cited inadequate payment rates, costly resources and burdensome regulatory and administrative requirements ...

Inadequate payment rates, high resource costs and regulatory red tape are increasingly driving physicians away from work in ...

"The growth of the physician population notwithstanding, this means that around 80,000 fewer physicians were in private ...

The number of physician-owned private practices in the U.S. has declined by nearly 20% since 2012, according to the American Medical Association’s Physician Practice Benchmark Survey. The AMA surveyed ...

In the current environment, the AMA has strategically chosen to use an informative and collaborative approach in our conversations with the administration and Congress. We believe that educating and ...

The most influential factor for physicians in deciding to sell off private practices to either hospitals or private equity companies in 2024 was the ability to better negotiate higher payment rates ...

Attorneys general argue mandating testing in certain states "endangers providers and threatens access to essential care ...

Bruce Scott, M.D., took the reins of the American Medical Association (AMA) for his first full day on Wednesday, June 12, succeeding immediate past president Jesse Ehrenfeld, M.D. Scott was sworn ...

Pre-eminent medical journals of the world are "in bed" with larger pharmaceutical companies, the HHS secretary said.

AG Kwame Raoul calls for AMA to ensure safe board certification for abortion and gender-affirming care providers.

Each piece features a practicing physician and AMA member who shares what they ... Knew,” an educational series from the American Medical Association, helps fill that gap, featuring insights ...