American Medical Association

⭐️New newsletter alert! ⭐️ Solving the burnout crisis in medicine requires strategy and collaboration. "It’s important for health system leaders to keep the mental health and well-being of its physicians at the forefront, recognizing the care we can provide depends on it." Read more from AMA's CEO, John Whyte, MD, MPH.

There's a practice going on called “downcoding," in which insurance companies automatically downgrade the claims a physician sends them to a lower tier of reimbursement, without actually reviewing details about the visit itself. “Some computer program is deciding what my level of care is." AMA President Dr. Bobby Mukkamala has described downcoding as a “game” to improve insurers’ finances. “It’s going to worsen our patient care, but it’s going to improve their bottom line,” Mukkamala said. “And that’s the wrong calculus to use to improve health care in this country.” Read more ⬇️

I'm incredibly excited to be moderating the upcoming National Health Equity Grand Rounds event on Oct. 14 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. CT - please join the virtual conversation. This session brings together community health and health care leaders from rural and urban health systems to discuss strategies for improving population health and driving economic growth by addressing the conditions that are vital health, like housing, access to healthy food, and more. In this conversation we'll focus on economic mobility, hearing from physicians and other health care leaders about how they've created partnerships and programs through which their health systems are investing in their communities, supporting new businesses, jobs, education, and more to create better health outcomes for every patient they serve. Featured panelists and speakers include: • Ruth Thomas-Squance, PhD, MPH (keynote) – Co-Executive Director, Build Healthy Places Network • David Ansell, MD, MPH – Senior Vice President for Community Health Equity, Rush University Medical Center • Ayesha Jaco MAM – Executive Director, West Side United • Thea James, MD, MPH, MBA James, MD, MBA – Vice President of Mission and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Boston Medical Center (BMC) • Bridget Lamme, MLG, PHR – Vice President of Human Resources, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. Health care professionals can earn free CME or CE credit by attending. Register now at bit.ly/3VwRbzW This event is developed by American Medical Association, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, and Disability Belongs, with support from ABIM Foundation, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), American Epilepsy Society, American Society of Addiction Medicine - ASAM, American Society of Nephrology, Boston Medical Center (BMC), Council of Medical Specialty Societies, HealthBegins, Joint Commission, Kaiser Permanente, MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, Medical Society of Delaware, Minnesota Medical Association, Rush University Medical Center, Sinai Chicago, Social Mission Alliance, and The Hastings Center for Bioethics. #healthcare #MedEd #HealthEquity #CME #FreeCME

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When it comes to addressing mental health inequities and lack of access to high-quality psychiatric care in the U.S., allowing psychologists to prescribe medicine brings with it a host of potential harms. Discussing a move in the Virginia statehouse to examine whether to hand prescriptive power to psychologists there, experts such as AMA member VijayaLakshmi Appareddy, MD, explain some of the potential dangers in states where the practice is allowed.

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While nutrition has long been part of medical school curricula, LCME's proposal to enhance nutrition education across all U.S. MD programs moves beyond checking a box to making sure graduates put that knowledge into practice with clear expectations and measurable outcomes. #OurAMA looks forward to working with medical schools to develop nutrition education that will benefit patients. AMA Ed Hub offers a variety of CME modules to help physicians strengthen their knowledge of nutrition. Including, but not limited to:  ➡️ Nutrition and Health: http://spr.ly/6009AU4zl  ➡️ Nutrition Science for Health and Longevity: http://spr.ly/6008AU4Gw  ➡️ Nutrition Training for Med Students & Residents: http://spr.ly/6002AU4EO

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Just three months into his new role, AMA CEO John Whyte, MD, MPH, sat down with Crain's Chicago Business to share his outlook for the nation’s largest physician organization. His message: this is a once-in-a-generation moment for physicians to lead the future of health care. http://spr.ly/6046Ao9hO

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