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AMA Update is your source for physician-focused news. Hear from physicians and other experts on trending public health concerns, practice issues, and more. Because who’s doing the talking matters. Find all AMA podcasts at ama-assn.org/podcasts.

AMA Update American Medical Assn

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.1 • 74 Ratings

AMA Update is your source for physician-focused news. Hear from physicians and other experts on trending public health concerns, practice issues, and more. Because who’s doing the talking matters. Find all AMA podcasts at ama-assn.org/podcasts.

    How to speed up your prior auth process using EHR data exchange

    How to speed up your prior auth process using EHR data exchange

    What is the new CMS rule for prior authorization? Why do prior authorizations get denied? What are the benefits of electronic health information exchange?

    Our guest is Philip Oravetz, MD, chief population health officer at Ochsner Health. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

    📋 Looking for prior authorization cheat sheet resources? Check out: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/sustainability/prior-authorization-practice-resources

    📺 AMA President Dr. Ehrenfeld explains CMS prior authorization final rule: https://youtu.be/uEjV4CWlMJ4?si=mVsOqLtw_XKOYII-

    📰 Read about the changes coming in CMS Interoperability Rule 2026: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/15-billion-win-physicians-prior-authorization

    🗣 Get involved! Patients and physicians can share prior authorization stories at: https://fixpriorauth.org/

    📊 Access AMA prior authorization resources and research: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/prior-authorization-research-reports

    📚 Free prior authorization templates and model legislation: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/prior-authorization-reform-resources

    🏛️ Stay up to date on the AMA's advocacy efforts to fix prior authorization: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/advocacy-action-fixing-prior-authorization

    🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally in patient care. Join now: https://bit.ly/AMAJoinRenew

    • 10 min
    CDC heat risk initiative, air pollution statistics and the latest news on bird flu in milk

    CDC heat risk initiative, air pollution statistics and the latest news on bird flu in milk

    Is it too hot outside? What is the CDC doing for climate change? How bad is air pollution right now? What is particle pollution? Is milk safe to drink?

    Our guest is AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

    🌐 Wondering if it’s too hot to walk your dog? Check out the CDC’s Heat & Health Tracker: https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applications/heatTracker/ 

    💻 Physicians should also check out the CDC’s Clinical Guidance for Heat and Cardiovascular Disease: https://www.cdc.gov/heat-health/hcp/heat-and-people-with-cardiovascular-disease.html 

    🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally in patient care. Join now: https://bit.ly/AMAJoinRenew

    • 11 min
    Benefits of lifestyle medicine, managing chronic disease, plus physician retirement advice

    Benefits of lifestyle medicine, managing chronic disease, plus physician retirement advice

    What is lifestyle medicine? Is lifestyle medicine a medical specialty? What are the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine? What do doctors do when they retire?

    Our guest is Elizabeth Pegg Frates, MD, president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

    💻 Get more information on lifestyle medicine board certification via the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine: https://ablm.org/lifestyle-medicine-certification/

    🥼 Wondering what do lifestyle medicine doctors do? Access CME resources from American College of Lifestyle Medicine here: https://lifestylemedicine.org/

    📚 For articles and research on lifestyle diseases, check out the lifestyle medicine journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/AJL

    🔍 Googling "lifestyle medicine doctors near me"? Visit: https://www.lifestylemedpros.org/home

    🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally in patient care. Join now: https://bit.ly/AMAJoinRenew

    • 17 min
    Akiko Iwasaki on what causes long COVID, brain fog, the Yale Paxlovid study and long COVID treatments

    Akiko Iwasaki on what causes long COVID, brain fog, the Yale Paxlovid study and long COVID treatments

    What causes long COVID? Is long COVID dangerous? Who is most likely to get long COVID? Any pediatric long COVID news? What can be done for long term COVID?

    Our guest is Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

    🏆 Check out Yale Immunologist Akiko Iwasaki on TIME's Most Influential People 2024: https://time.com/6964230/akiko-iwasaki/

    🔬 Keep up with new COVID research from Iwasaki Lab Yale: https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/iwasaki/news/

    🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally in patient care. Join now: https://bit.ly/AMAJoinRenew

    • 12 min
    Preparing for the next pandemic, bird flu outbreak, measles cases and years of life lost statistics

    Preparing for the next pandemic, bird flu outbreak, measles cases and years of life lost statistics

    Is there a vaccine for bird flu? Can pets get bird flu? Is America prepared for another pandemic? What is an example of a DALY? Why is global health security important?

    Our guest is AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

    💻 Learn more about the US national strategy for countering biological threats, enhancing pandemic preparedness, and achieving global health security USAID: https://www.usaid.gov/global-health/health-areas/global-health-security

    🔏 Wondering what are the objectives of the Global Health Security Agenda? Visit United States Agency for International Development for details on the Global Health Security Agenda GHSA: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/security/what-is-ghsa.htm

    🌐 For more information on the global pandemic accord: https://www.who.int/news/item/20-03-2024-call-for-urgent-agreement-on-international-deal-to-prepare-for-and-prevent-future-pandemics

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal for the Global burden associated with 85 pathogens in 2019 A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00158-0/fulltext

    🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally in patient care. Join now: https://bit.ly/AMAJoinRenew

    • 12 min
    The benefits of private practice in medicine and how technology helps physicians

    The benefits of private practice in medicine and how technology helps physicians

    Is it worth going into private practice? Why do some doctors prefer private practice? What are the pros and cons of private practice?

    Our guest is Omar Z. Maniya, MD, MBA, CEO, of Maniya Health. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

    🧰 Learn how to eliminate inefficiencies in your practice with the AMA's "Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff" tooklit: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/module/2757858

    🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally in patient care. Join now: https://bit.ly/AMAJoinRenew

    • 19 min

Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
74 Ratings

74 Ratings

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Fantastic-just not long enough

Needs to be longer than 10-15 minutes

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Stay Up To Date

Updates that educate.

August Consumer ,

CDC donkey

CDC rep talked like a pharmacy rep. He didn’t answer the question: is the current vaccine a good match for today viruses in South America? He talked about how cute their campaign slogan is. All this on an AMA interview.
Will go to GOOGLE for the answer. CDC second rate now.

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