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.

Physician Practice Characteristics in 2024: Private Practices Account for Less Than Half of Physicians in Most Specialties The report (PDF) describes the changes in the ownership and organization of ...

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 ...

HIPAA only requires breach notification for unsecured PHI (e.g., unencrypted PHI). As such, physicians are encouraged to use appropriate encryption and destruction techniques for PHI, which render PHI ...

Sam Porritt was enjoying a relaxing vacation in central Italy with his wife when one misstep changed his life. His attention was on the stunning scenery. As he used his cell phone to take photos ...

Bobby Mukkamala, MD, has held multiple leadership roles in organized medicine. But it took being a patient to get him fully ready to be AMA president. AMA President-elect Bobby Mukkamala, MD, has ...

As drafted, provisions in the budget-reconciliation bill passed by the House of Representatives would make medical school more expensive. The AMA is deeply concerned that provisions of the 2025 budget ...

New Mexico’s governor vetoes bill that would have set a “dangerous precedent for allowing optometrists to perform surgical procedures.” The AMA is fighting scope creep. The AMA is applauding New ...

AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

The array of study prep options can be dizzying. Learn how to evaluate Step 1 prep resources and make the most of the dedicated study window. As medical students shift into their final weeks of prep ...

At Sutter Health, Lindsay Mazotti, MD, is driving GME expansion to address physician shortages, advance health care for all through medical education. With a nationwide physician shortage looming, ...

Read the 2024 AMA Joy in Medicine™ magazine to see if your organization has been recognized for dedication to physician well-being. Also, the proportion of physicians who said that, if given a chance ...