The RVS Update Committee (RUC) is a volunteer group of 32 physicians and other health care professionals who advise Medicare on how to value a physician's work. Learn more about what the RUC does at ...

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 ...

There are 4 tracks within an internal medicine residency program: transitional, preliminary, categorical and primary care. It is best to choose the program that best suits one’s individual needs and ...

Education matters, especially when it comes to health care. Patients know it too—more than 90% say a physician’s years of education and training are vital to optimal patient care. Yet there are ...

In June 2021, the AMA House of Delegates adopted policy addressing systemic racism in medicine, including discrimination, bias and abuse. In 2020 the AMA Board of Trustees issued this statement: “The ...

There are a number of reasons for the projected physician shortage and a number of solutions to the problem have been identified—and they all have one thing in common: the need to get started right ...

The CPT® Editorial Panel ensures that CPT® codes reflect the latest medical care available to patients. Learn more about these codes at AMA.

What’s the news: The AMA and over 130 other organizations representing more than 900,000 doctors who deliver care to tens of millions of older Americans are strongly urging congressional leadership of ...

With so many patient messages coming into a portal, it’s possible to miss important details, especially if a message were long and convoluted. But by using AI as a tool, physicians get an assist in ...

A better picture of how telehealth will be used, paid for and regulated came into focus in 2023, though emerging state and federal laws and policies continue to extend temporary measures enacted in ...

What are top stressors for doctors? How common is physician burnout? What are the most stressful medical specialties? Is administrative burden in health care fixable? Christine Sinsky, MD, a general ...

The AMA strives to develop licensing models that are fair, transparent, consistent and easy to apply. The AMA applies different pricing models to determine the applicable royalty. The AMA applies ...