American Medical Association (AMA)

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students. The AMA mission is to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. The association represents physicians with a unified voice in courts and legislative bodies across the nation, removing obstacles that interfere with patient care, leading efforts to prevent chronic disease and confront public health crises, and driving the future of medicine to tackle the biggest challenges in healthcare.

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Arl Van Moore, MD, American College of Radiology (ACR) delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, former ACR president, chairman of the ACR Board and former CEO of Strategic Radiology, discusses two radiology related policy decisions at the AMA 2022 meeting. These included a AMA policy on the iodine contrast shortage and AUC CDS. #AMA #AMA22 #AMAmtg #AMA175 #ACR

VIDEO: Radiology takeaways from the 2022 AMA meeting

Arl Van Moore, MD, American College of Radiology (ACR) delegate to the American Medical Association House of Delegates, former ACR president, chairman of the ACR Board and former CEO of Strategic Radiology, discusses radiology-related policy decisions at the AMA 2022 meeting.

June 22, 2022
Alex Ding, MD, radiologist and incoming AMA Board trustee, explains the new AMA policy that calls on Ciongress to change the requirements of the CMS requirement for appropriate use criteria clinical decision support software for all advanced imaging exams, including CT and MRI. #AMA #AMAmtg #AMA175 #AUC

VIDEO: AMA will ask Congress to change mandate on appropriate use criteria clinical decision support

Alexander Ding, MD, a radiologist and incoming American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees member, explains the new AMA policy calling on Congress to change the language and implementation of the current Medicare mandate that all advanced medical imaging needs certification.

June 20, 2022
AMA Board of Trustees member Scott Ferguson, MD, a diagnostic radiologist, offers comment during the discussion on one of several policies to further curb gun violence. #AMA #AMAmtg #AMA175

AMA calls gun violence a healthcare crisis, adopting several new policies 

The American Medical Association voted this week to adopt several new policies related to address gun violence during the AMA’s House of Delegates 2022 annual meeting in Chicago.

June 17, 2022
Jack S. Resneck Jr., MD, was inaugurated this week as the 177th president of the American Medical Association (AMA). Resneck is a dermatologist, professor and vice-chair of the Department of Dermatology at UC San Francisco, June 14, 2022. #AMA #AMAmtg #AMA175

UCSF dermatologist inaugurated as new AMA president

Jack Resneck Jr., MD, was inaugurated this week as the 177th president of the AMA and pledged to fight injustices against both patients and physicians.

June 17, 2022
AMA declares climate change a public health crisis — The American Medical Association (AMA) this week adopted policy during the annual House of Delegates meeting declaring climate change a public health crisis that threatens the health and well-being of all people. Some of these effects have already been seen with increasing numbers of wildfires, the resulting poor air quality, heat related deaths and warmer temperatures causing rise in mosquito vector diseases. #AMA #AMA175 #AMAmtg #Climatechange

AMA declares climate change a public health crisis

The AMA says there will be numerous major public health impacts if global temperatures continue to rise, adopting three new policies to address this ongoing trend. 

June 16, 2022
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PHOTO GALLERY from AMA House of Delegates 2022 meeting

Here are images from the American Medical Association (AMA) 2022 House of Delegates (HOD) meeting in Chicago, June 10-15. This was the first time the HOD met in two and a half years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 15, 2022
Edwards speaking to the House this morning just after the allegations were presented to the House.

New AMA president-elect chosen after annual meeting controversy

Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, an anesthesiologist from Wisconsin, was voted president-elect of the American Medical Association (AMA) by physicians gathered at the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.

June 14, 2022
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), a related organization of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), this week released a statement on the criminalization of medical errors. The APSF said criminal prosecution is unjust and counterproductive is healthcare organizations want to find ways to mitigate errors by understanding how they happen and create protocols or IT systems can can help prevent future errors. The criminal trial of nurse RaDonda Vaught was counterproductive to safety.

AMA maps out 5-point ‘road to recovery’ for frazzled physicians

Supporting telehealth, reforming Medicare, fixing the prior authorization process—these are three of five goals the American Medical Association is pursuing in an expansive new program.

June 11, 2022
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