The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about Match Day 2025 results.

Henry Ford Health has taken a sizable step toward addressing critical needs in behavioral health by opening a state-of-the-art behavioral health hospital in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Spanning 120,000 ...

Over 43,000 medical students matched this year. Take a deep dive on the NRMP data about this year’s specialty trends, match rates and more. Record-breaking program participation, more primary care ...

Reducing the prior authorization burden that harms patients and frustrates physicians is an area of bipartisan agreement that Congress should tackle now. Fixing the onerous and inefficient prior ...

The high court will decide the fate of ACA provision that is estimated to save more than 100,000 lives annually. Whether insurance companies will be required to continue covering the full cost of ...

Also called whooping cough, pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infection. Alyssa Kuban, MD, of Texas Children’s Pediatrics shares more. It may start with a sniffle or a mild cough—like a ...

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health taps Seattle’s sports love by helping eligible patients learn about prostate-cancer screening at sporting events. At a Seattle Kraken game, the energy in the arena is ...

Health system leaders can expect that many of their physicians, C-suite executives, nurses and other employees—and their close family members—will receive their own health care at hospitals and ...

Whether you are transitioning to practice or seeking a change midcareer, get up to speed on these medical malpractice insurance basics. You are moving on to the next big step in your career, leaving ...

Medical liability insurance premiums continue to march upward. Rates have been on the rise for sixth year in a row and almost every part of the country is seeing rates increase, with some pockets of ...

A centralized pharmacy team now handles all requests, saving Geisinger clinics up to fours a week and boosting payer approval rates by 30%. Leaders at Geisinger wanted a way to reduce physician ...