The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the summer COVID strain for 2025 and more.

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 ...

The CPT Editorial Panel meets three times each year. AMA staff prepares agenda materials for each CPT Editorial Panel meeting.Panel members receive agenda material at least 30 days in advance of each ...

An impermissible use or disclosure of PHI is presumed to be a breach unless the covered entity demonstrates that there is a “low probability” that the PHI has been compromised. A physician must take ...

The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™ series provides physicians with a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. In this installment, two ...

Navigating the complexities of inner ear disorders, one symptom stands out for its disruptive impact: vertigo. This sensation of spinning or dizziness can strike without warning, leaving patients ...

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 ...

For patients, though, navigating this complex and cutting-edge field can be overwhelming. Understanding the basics and potential benefits of precision medicine is crucial for informed decision-making ...

The CPT Editorial Panel approved five new COVID-19 vaccine product codes and one administration code in August 2023. These new COVID-19 codes replaced all previously approved specific COVID-19 product ...

Staying active is one of the best ways to keep your body healthy. It can also improve your overall well-being and quality of life by relieving stress, anxiety, depression, and anger. Maintaining or ...

Editor’s note: On the opening day of its April meeting in Paris, the World Medical Association issued a strongly worded emergency resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its bombing of ...

The deadline for PLA applications is June 10, 2025. The PLA-TAG will discuss PLA applications on July 24, 2025. The CPT® Editorial Panel will discuss PLA applications at the next virtual meeting on ...