2024 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule is Out The CY 2023 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule Final Rule updates payment policies and rates as well as other provisions for services offered on or after Jan. 1, 2023, under the Medicare Physician Payment Schedule. The AMA provides final rule summary (PDF) of the 2023 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule and Quality Payment Program (QPP). In addition, CMS has released the CY 2024 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule Proposed Rule, including key proposals that impact Medicare physician payment and the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Key proposals include a predicted 3.36% reduction in the ... July 27, 2023 AMA, General, Healthcare, Insurance, legislation, Medicare, Patient Care, Public Health payment schedule 0 0 Comment Read More »
AMPAC Campaign School Returns In-Person This Fall AMPAC is excited to announce that the 2023 Campaign School will be returning in-person October 12–15 at the AMA offices in Washington, DC! Running an effective campaign can be the difference between winning and losing a race. That’s why the Campaign School is designed to give you the skills and strategic approach you will need out on the campaign trail. Our team of political experts will teach you everything you need to know to run a successful campaign. Under the direction of our lead trainers, participants will be broken into ... July 12, 2023 Advocacy, AMA, General, Healthcare, Leadership, legislation, Public Health AMPAC, campaign school, grassroots efforts, leadership training, politics, public office 0 0 Comment Read More »
EHR Inbox Management Redesign your practice. Reignite your purpose. AMA STEPS Forward® offers a collection of engaging and interactive educational toolkits that are practical, actionable “how-to” guides to transform and improve your practice. EHR-related burnout can overwhelm even the most organized physician. It doesn’t have to be this way. Reduce EHR burden by assessing and prioritizing how to respond more effectively by analyzing the volume and type of inbox messages. An EHR Inbox Reduction Checklist can support your efforts as you embark on this endeavor to eliminate unnecessary burdens and improve workflows in the EHR ... June 1, 2023 AMA, EHR, Physician Wellness burnout, organizational culture, patient-physician experience, physician wellness, team-based care and workflow, technology, well-being 0 0 Comment Read More »
Big Provisions in $1.7 Trillion Omnibus: What Doctors Should Know In enacting the 4,000-plus page, end-of-the-year spending package, Washington politicians failed to stop the entirety of scheduled Medicare pay cuts, which will come at a financially precarious time for physician practices left reeling in the COVID-19 pandemic’s third year. Because of that, physicians will face a 2% cut in Medicare payment in 2023, and 2024 will bring at least a 1.25% cut. Nevertheless, the $1.7 trillion bill signed by President Joe Biden does include a number of important AMA-supported provisions that physicians should know about. Among other things, the omnibus bill ... January 27, 2023 Advocacy, AMA, Health Net, Healthcare, legislation, Physician Workforce 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physician Burnout Rate Spikes to New Height New physician burnout research builds on landmark studies conducted at regular intervals between 2011 and 2021 by researchers from the American Medica Association (AMA, Mayo Clinic and Stanford Medicine. Together, these studies found the overall prevalence of burnout among U.S. physicians was 62.8% in 2021compared with 38.2% in 2020, 43.9% in 2017, 54.4% in 2014, and 45.5% in 2011. CHICAGO - The burnout rate among physicians in the United States spiked dramatically during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a newly published study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Researchers found that ... September 15, 2022 AMA, Mental Health, Physician Wellness Physician Burnout, Physician Well-being 0 0 Comment Read More »
