A strong onboarding process can help your physician career get off to the right start. Here is what to expect—and what to ask for.

What’s the news: The AMA and the Mississippi State Medical Association were successful in their efforts to prevent scope of practice expansions that would have harmed Mississippi patients. Mississippi ...

For many residents transitioning to practice and negotiating their first job offer, it may be easy to think of the employment contract as just a formality. It is, in fact, a highly complex document ...

Medicare physician payment has dropped 33% since 2001. The influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission outlines what Congress can do now. What’s the news: The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ...

Christopher Seder, MD, finds anatomic resection is associated with improved survival when compared to wedge resection in early lung cancer. For 30 years the standard of care for early stage non-small ...

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 ...

Is flu season over? What helps allergies at home? Are there long-term effects of COVID? Do people get sick more often after COVID? Why kids should have phones? AMA's Vice President of Science, ...

Subinternships test medical students’ readiness for residency. Learn how to build skills and impress attending physicians with these expert insights. Subinternship rotations are one of the most ...

AMA, Illinois State Medical Society urge federal court not to dismiss lawsuit against “unlawful cartel” that has led some physicians to “the brink of insolvency.” MultiPlan Inc. is asking a federal ...

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 ...

Like a particularly high-stakes game of Trivial Pursuit, good physician leadership requires getting more than just one piece of the pie done correctly. Great physician leaders need to be adept on ...

Physicians who take part in the four-day program are less likely to have burnout and more likely to feel valued. Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, has been told his work as chief wellness officer at Ochsner ...