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2025 AMA advocacy priorities: Medicare payment, prior authorization, physician burnout and more
Episode 550

2025 AMA advocacy priorities: Medicare payment, prior authorization, physician burnout and more

What does the American Medical Association do? Are private practices closing? When do Joy In Medicine applications open? What's the new CMS rule on prior authorization? AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, joins to discuss the pressing issues facing physicians like Medicare payment reform, scope creep, prior authorization hassles, and the ongoing crisis of physician burnout. He highlights American Medical Association successes over the past year and how the AMA will fight for physicians and help patients in 2025. AMA CXO Todd Unger hosts. 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew 🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more about our AMA advocacy priorities, including: ▹ Reforming Medicare payment ▹ Fighting scope creep ▹ Fixing prior authorization ▹ Reducing physician burnout ▹ Making technology work for physicians

AMA Update

January 13, 202513m 23s

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What does the American Medical Association do? Are private practices closing? When do Joy In Medicine applications open? What's the new CMS rule on prior authorization? AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, joins to discuss the pressing issues facing physicians like Medicare payment reform, scope creep, prior authorization hassles, and the ongoing crisis of physician burnout. He highlights American Medical Association successes over the past year and how the AMA will fight for physicians and help patients in 2025. AMA CXO Todd Unger hosts.  🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew 🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more about our AMA advocacy priorities, including: ▹ Reforming Medicare payment ▹ Fighting scope creep ▹ Fixing prior authorization ▹ Reducing physician burnout ▹ Making technology work for physicians

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