Learn about existential health care ethics, a field aimed at addressing ethical questions about intersections of human extinction and health care.

Find the agenda, documents and more information for the 2025 SPS Interim Meeting on Nov. 14 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

Exclusive AMA survey data shows physician burnout rates are down, while job satisfaction and feeling valued have risen across all post-training years.

The No Surprises Act created a way to settle out-of-network disputes, but losing health plans aren’t complying. New bipartisan bill would fix that.

CHICAGO — Innovative work to meet the urgent public health need for streamlined reporting and tracking of COVID-19 vaccinations is presented in today’s release of the 2022 Current Procedural ...

The CPT® Editorial Panel is responsible for maintaining the CPT code set. The Panel is authorized by the AMA Board of Trustees to revise, update, or modify CPT codes, descriptors, rules and guidelines ...

Patients don’t take medications as prescribed about half the time. A key to improving medication adherence is to understand why. Learn more.

Find out what the CPT® code is, the types of CPT there are, how they are created and how to apply for a code.

The brief tells the court that any physician assistance in an execution or the design of an execution would undermine the patient-physician relationship that relies on trust. Physicians risk confusing ...

There is an increased understanding that no matter the outcome, physicians are responsible for their patients. This places further importance on cultivating relationships with patients and ...

Body mass index (BMI) is easy to measure and cheap to do, but falls short in numerous ways at the individual patient level, says new AMA policy.

HIPAA’s Breach Notification Rule requires covered entities to notify patients when their unsecured protected heath information (PHI) is impermissibly used or disclosed—or “breached,”—in a way that ...