For doctors, it’s five straight years of Medicare payment cuts. For Medicare Advantage plans, pay’s going up 4.33%. Congress must fix Medicare now. What’s the news: Congress wrapped up its business in ...

Body mass index (BMI) is easy to measure and inexpensive. It also has standardized cutoff points for overweight and obesity and is strongly correlated with body fat levels as measured by the most ...

During Super Bowl week and on the big day, this New Orleans health system will use cutting-edge tech to help fans get the medical attention they need. With the buzz building ahead of Super Bowl LIX in ...

Knowing the characteristics of the physician workforce is key to advancing diversity, equity. A new initiative makes it easier to collect and share data. The Physician Data Initiative, a work group ...

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 ...

Pay attention to symptoms, diagnose early, Ronald L. Schwartz, MD, of Hattiesburg Clinic Memory Center, urges physicians about Alzheimer’s disease. “Don’t wait,” is the mantra neurologist Ronald L.

Now a surgical intern, AMA member George Burnet, MD, reflects on what he gained from presenting his research at the American Conference on Physician Health. For George Burnet, MD, the research he did ...

International Medical Graduates who seek entry into U.S. programs of Graduate Medical Education (GME) must obtain a visa that permits clinical training to provide medical services. Nearly one-fourth ...

What is value-based care? How does value-based care work? How to optimize value-based care? What is population health management? What is cost control in healthcare? Our guest is Lori Prestesater, ...

Often wrongly called the “stomach flu,” norovirus sickens tens of millions of Americans annually. Two physicians explain how to prevent and treat it. It seems as though everyone has experienced a ...

Even Native American physicians can have trouble building cultural competence with Indigenous patients, but every doctor should take the time to listen. There are some 9.7 million Indigenous people in ...

As health system leaders create programs to help physicians struggling with burnout, it turns out that there’s an additional step: Making them feel safe to access the medical care they need to stay ...