It’s been nearly a decade since the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) made its debut and hard data show that it’s just not working for patients or physicians. It’s been nearly a decade since ...

In today’s COVID-19 Update, Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine ...

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 ...

Insurance companies are promoting healthy lifestyles by having beneficiaries use wearable devices that can record physical activity and calorie intake. While these programs may result in benefits for ...

If medicine is both an art and a science, it makes sense that a strong arts background—or an undergraduate course of study in a liberal arts major—can help make a strong doctor. An essay, “How to Fix ...

Medical school is the first step in a career in medicine. It’s also a key stage in a journey toward determining one’s financial picture for the next decade-plus. How much you will pay in medical ...

The country’s pervasive health inequities were evidenced by a tragic tally of 74,402 excess deaths, on average, among Black people compared with white people each year between 2016 and 2018, according ...

AMA membership offers unique access to savings and resources tailored to enrich the personal and professional lives of physicians, residents and medical students. To protect Medicare and Medicaid ...

Private practice doesn’t mean going it alone. Resources are available to help you take charge and deliver excellent care in the way that fits you. Diagnosing, treating and managing your patients’ ...

Which COVID-19 vaccine did you get? This is a question that physicians and other health professionals continue to hear as vaccine rollout continues. While there are now three vaccines available that ...

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 ...

Physicians have guarded enthusiasm for the use of augmented intelligence (AI) in health care, with many seeing it reducing documentation time and administrative burden. But they are also concerned ...