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AMA Adopts Community Guidance to Reduce the Harmful Effects of High Intensity Street Lighting on Humans and Environment

CHICAGO - Strong arguments exist for overhauling the lighting systems on U.S. roadways with light emitting diodes (LED), but conversions to improper LED technology can have adverse consequences. In response, physicians at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) today adopted guidance for communities on selecting among LED lighting options to minimize potential harmful human health and environmental effects. Converting conventional street light to energy efficient LED lighting leads to cost and energy savings, and a lower reliance on fossil-based fuels. Approximately

AMA Awards Best New Ideas for Creating a Healthier Nation

Health care innovators recognized by the AMA’s inaugural Healthier Nation Innovation ChallengeExcellent examples of innovation that can help shape 21st century medicine were recognized as the American Medical Association (AMA) announced three teams of health care entrepreneurs selected to share $50,000 in prizes awarded by the AMA’s Healthier Nation Innovation Challenge. In addition to $50,000, winners will gain access to the AMA’s network of partners that specialize in strategy and design support for entrepreneurs and startups, including Business Models, Inc., Edge One Medical,

AMA Applauds FDA’s New Rule on E-Cigarettes and Additional Tobacco Products

CHICAGO - May 5, 2016 - Concerned by the alarming growth of electronic cigarette use among the nation’s youth, the American Medical Association (AMA) today applauded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new rule banning the sale of e-cigarettes and nicotine delivery products to minors.“The AMA supports the FDA’s new rule and its efforts to ensure the public – especially young people – is aware of and protected from these harmful products,” said AMA President Steven J. Stack, M.D. “The new FDA rule, which fills the gap in federal regulations on purchasing, labeling and packaging

AMA UNVEILS NEW ONLINE RESOURCES TO HELP PHYSICIANS NAVIGATE VALUE-BASED CARE MODELS

Releases eight new educational modules to enable practice improvement and promote innovation in care deliveryCHICAGO - May 2, 2016 - As part of its ongoing effort to support physicians navigating new value-based care models, the American Medical Association (AMA) today announced online resources for physicians considering their choice of new payment models that emphasize prevention, wellness and coordinated care.“With physicians facing critical decisions about new payment models, the AMA is rolling out tools to help practices of all sizes succeed and support better health outcomes for

American Medical Association Testifies at House Panel on Pending Medicare Changes

New MACRA Regulations Provide Federal Government Opportunity to Improve Medicare for Physicians and PatientsWASHINGTON - Dr. Barbara McAneny, immediate past chair of the American Medical Association (AMA), told a House panel today that the soon-to-be released regulations to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) represent a critical opportunity to improve flexibility and innovation in health care that can lead to improved care and better outcomes for patients. Appearing before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, she noted the widespread

FORMER GM EXECUTIVE ELECTED TO AMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Kevin Williams to become the public member of the AMA boardATLANTA (November 16, 2015) -- Kevin W. Williams, a former senior executive at General Motors (GM) from Nashville, Tenn., was elected today to the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees at the organization’s Interim Meeting. Williams is the fourth person to ever to hold the public member position on the governing board of the nation’s largest and most prominent physician organization.Williams has extensive senior leadership experience developed during a 31-year career at GM where he held numerous global roles. Most

AMA Coding Workgroup to Accelerate Integration of Emerging Telehealth Services into Clinical Practice

PHILADELPHIA – The American Medical Association (AMA) today took a significant step toward its goal of accelerating digital medicine into clinic practice with the foundational meeting of an AMA-sponsored workgroup charged with facilitating the integration of the latest technological advances in telehealth services into the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set.The new Telehealth Services Workgroup, a committee comprised of more than 50 experts representing physicians, health professionals, telemedicine innovators and health insurers, gathered today for the first time to begin its

Physicians Still Watching and Waiting for 2015 Meaningful Use Program Requirements

WASHINGTON - Oct. 1, 2015 - Because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has yet to issue the so-called “modification rule” for the electronic health record (EHR) Meaningful Use program for 2015, the AMA is calling on the agency to create an automatic hardship exemption for physicians who did not have the opportunity to report successfully this year.In April, CMS proposed modifications to stages 1 & 2 of the program that reduced the reporting period from a full calendar year to 90 days. Stakeholders believed this was necessary since many physicians could not update systems,

AMA Receives Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative Award

Collaborative initiative further expands the impact of the AMA’s strategic focus areasCHICAGO - Sept. 29, 2015 - The American Medical Association (AMA) is one of 39 health care collaborative networks selected to participate in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI) , announced today by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell. The AMA will receive more than $650,000 per year to provide technical assistance to help equip our nation’s physicians with tools,

AMA Supports Legislative Effort to Revise the Meaningful Use Program

CHICAGO - July 30, 2015 - The American Medical Association (AMA) today declared its strong support  for new legislation responding to the depths of doctors’ dissatisfaction with the federal government’s Meaningful Use program. The bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers from North Carolina would address many problems in the Meaningful Use Program by introducing needed flexibility and enhancing electronic health records (EHR) to improve patient care and access to health

Insurance Mergers Will Reduce Competition and Choice

Statement attributed to: Steven J. Stack, M.D., President, American Medical Association“The American Medical Association believes patients are better served in a health care system that promotes competition and choice. We have long cautioned about the negative consequences of large health insurers pursuing merger strategies to assume dominant positions in local markets. Recently proposed mergers threaten to increase health insurer concentration, reduce competition and decrease choice.“The AMA’s own study shows that there has been a serious decline in competition among health insurers with

CMS and AMA Announce Efforts to Help Providers Get Ready For ICD-10

WASHINGTON - July 6, 2015 - With less than three months remaining until the nation switches from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding for medical diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) are announcing efforts to continue to help physicians get ready ahead of the October 1 deadline. In response to requests from the provider community, CMS is releasing additional guidance that will allow for flexibility in the claims auditing and quality reporting process as the medical community gains experience using the

AMA Statement on King v. Burwell Decision

Statement attributed to:Steven J. Stack, M.D.President, American Medical Association“The American Medical Association (AMA) is relieved that today’s Supreme Court decision  will allow millions of patients to continue accessing the health care they need and deserve.“Physicians know that the uninsured live sicker and die younger so the AMA has been a leading voice in support of expanding health insurance access to ensure patients can get the care they require.“The subsidies upheld today help patients afford health insurance

AMA Announces Board of Trustees for 2015-2016

CHICAGO - The American Medical Association (AMA) today introduced the 21 members of its Board of Trustees for the coming year following elections held during the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.Steven J. Stack, M.D., an emergency physician practicing in Lexington, Ky., has been sworn in as the 170th president of the AMA, the nation’s largest physician organization. Stack, who is the organization’s youngest president in the past 160 years, will focus his tenure on advancing the AMA’s three strategic areas: improving health outcomes for the 86 million Americans living with pre-

AMA Seeks to Increase Coverage and Access for Patients with Multiple Health Care Needs

AMA Seeks to Increase Coverage and Access for Patients with Multiple Health Care NeedsCHICAGO - June 9, 2015 - Because the delivery of health care is increasingly becoming more integrated to better serve patients with multiple care needs, the American Medical Association (AMA) today during its Annual meeting passed new policy that seeks to increase access to and coverage of integrated medical and behavioral health care services for patients.“There is an increased recognition that the health of an individual includes both physical and behavioral components that should be treated

AMA Adopts New Policies to Improve Health of Nation on Second Day of Voting at Annual Meeting

CHICAGO - The American Medical Association (AMA), the premier national physician organization in the country, voted to adopt new policies on emerging health care topics during the second day of its Annual Meeting.The AMA's House of Delegates is the policy-making body at the center of American medicine, bringing together an inclusive group of physicians, medical students and residents representing every state and medical field. Delegates work in a democratic process to create a national physician consensus on emerging issues in public health, science, ethics, business and government to

AMA Applauds House Action on SGR, Calls on Senate to Move Forward Before Recess

Statement attributed to: Robert M. Wah, M.D ., President, American Medical Association“The American Medical Association (AMA) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for overwhelmingly passing a long overdue bill to permanently eliminate the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and put in place important Medicare payment and delivery reforms that will improve the health of the nation.“While many members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats and Republicans, helped to

DETAILS AND CONTEXT OF NEW PAYMENT MODELS ARE CRITICAl TO EFFORTS OF PHYSICIAN PRACTICES TO IMPROVE CARE, STUDY FINDS

Physicians need support and guidance to further advance delivery reformsWASHINGTON - March 19, 2015 - Physician practices are engaging in new health care payment models intended to improve quality and reduce costs, but are finding that they need help with successfully managing increasing amounts of data and figuring out how to respond to the diversity of programs and quality metrics from different payers, according to a new joint study  by the RAND Corporation and the American Medical Association.Both the federal government and private

New AMA, CDC Initiative Aims to “Prevent Diabetes STAT”

Leading voices in health care launch urgent effort to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes, one of nation’s most debilitating chronic diseasesChicago, March 12 – With more than 86 million Americans living with prediabetes and nearly 90 percent of them unaware of it, the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced that they have joined forces to take urgent action to Prevent Diabetes STAT 

AMA, MATTER Partner to Create Transformative Health Care Innovation and Technology-enabled “Physician Office of the Future”

The AMA Interaction Studio at MATTER will facilitate development of technologies to improve health care delivery, patient-physician interactions and quality of careCHICAGO – With a shared commitment to meeting the evolving needs of the health care marketplace, the American Medical Association  (AMA) and MATTER , Chicago’s new health care technology incubator, today announced a partnership to drive innovation and create a flexible facility that will allow physicians, entrepreneurs, health care professionals and industry experts to

AMA Debuts New Name and Look for Online Ethics Journal

CHICAGO - Feb. 2, 2015 - To better feature the central role of ethics in medicine amid the rapid rate of change in health care, the American Medical Association (AMA) has updated the name and design of its online ethics journal.For the past 15 years, Virtual Mentor has been committed to helping students, residents and physicians explore and address the ethical challenges emerging from new medical technologies, changing patient expectations, and shifting public priorities. Beginning February 1, Virtual Mentor will be known as the AMA Journal of Ethics (www.amajournalofethics.org 

Three Questions the American Medical Association Wants Patients to Consider before Choosing a Health Plan

AMA and More than 115 Organizations Call for Increased Transparency for Health Insurers to Protect PatientsCHICAGO - Nov. 18, 2014 - As Open Enrollment for 2015 Exchange Plans gets underway, patients are being bombarded with messages from health insurance companies vying for their attention. The American Medical Association (AMA) urges patients to thoroughly review all aspects of the plans they are choosing in order to prevent interruptions in care and higher out-of-pocket costs. Whether it’s a new plan or a renewal of an existing plan, there are many factors patients should take into

AMA Adopts New Policies to Improve Health of Nation at Interim Meeting

DALLAS (Nov. 10, 2014) - The American Medical Association (AMA), the premier national physician organization in the country, gathered physician and medical student leaders representing all aspects of medicine during its Interim Meeting and today voted to adopt new policies on emerging health care topics. The AMA's House of Delegates is the policy-making body at the center of American medicine, bringing together an inclusive group of physicians, medical students and residents representing every state and medical field. Delegates work in a democratic process to create a national physician

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