Friday Five – Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates
The American Medical Association (AMA) gathered physician and medical student leaders from all corners of medicine at its Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates last month to shape guiding policies on emerging health care topics. This week’s Friday Five looks at some of the policies adopted at the meeting.
AMA adopts new prior authorization reform policies
The delegates at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates approved policies aimed at fighting for greater insurer accountability and transparency against the backdrop of proliferating, onerous prior authorization requirements that are delaying and denying necessary care for patients and adding administrative burdens for physicians.
AMA adopts new policy to create equity in clinical trials and research
Given the long history of medical devices and medications being developed without sufficient data on how they impact women, and sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, the delegates at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates adopted policy to ensure more women and SGM are included in clinical trials and medical research.
AMA adopts new policies to expand health care coverage
The delegates at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates approved policies aimed at expanding health care coverage for Medicare and Medicaid patients. These steps build on the AMA’s longtime advocacy for health insurance coverage for all Americans and are central to the AMA’s mission of improving public health.
AMA adopts policies to protect patients
The delegates at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates approved policies aimed at protecting patient access to needed health care. These steps build on the AMA’s longtime advocacy efforts. The new policies adopted include making prescriptions affordable for patients in Medicare Advantage, medical-legal partnerships, support for in-vitro fertilization and ethical use of de-identified patient data.
AMA adopts new public health policies to improve health of nation
The delegates at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates shaped guiding policies on emerging health care topics. The new policies adopted on the final voting day of voting at the AMA Annual Meeting include improving health care of minority communities in rural areas, increasing awareness of high dose biotin interference in lab test results, calling on stores selling tobacco products to post information about anti-smoking hotlines, decreasing youth access to e-cigarettes, regulating nicotine analogue products, and protecting physician practices and patients against cyber security attacks.
ICYMI – Our other Friday Fives.
