Perspectives with the AMA

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Guest: Mira Irons, MD Guest: Shannon Curtis Following the approval of the first COVID-19 vaccine, mass-vaccination has made approving a vaccine difficult. How are the Food and...

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Guest: Patrice Harris, MD The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that more than 80,000 Americans died from May 2019 to May 2020 due to a drug-related...

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH With E&M coding changes taking effect January 1, 2021, the AMA offers tools and resources for physician implementation. Dr. Kathleen Blake, Vice President of...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Susan R. Bailey, MD The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the healthcare field through reductions in patient volume and higher practice costs. How will these economic challenges change health...

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Carol Vargo, MHS Physicians across the country have been working hard to keep their practices operational and their patients, as well as themselves, safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic...

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Koryn Rubin With the widespread impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now offering flexibility for clinicians participating in the...

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH Guest: Peggy Chen, MD Behavioral health integration has proven to be an effective solution to improving access to treatment for many mental health conditions… So...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Carol Vargo, MHS Guest: Sheryl Hirsch, MD, FAAP Guest: Thomas Eppes, MD The American Medical Association is one of the leading medical organizations across the country that have been...

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Todd Askew What’s being done to address the range of issues like the PPE shortage, lack of testing, and financial shortfalls encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic? Here to share his...

Guest: David Ring, MD, PhD Guest: Ameet Nagpal, MD Guest: Steven P. Stanos, Jr., DO Individualized healthcare is extremely important for patients with pain, but physicians and patients face barriers for such care. Drs...

Guest: Patrice Harris, MD Guest: Frank Dowling, MD Guest: Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD Guest: Sharon Levy, MD, MPH Guest: John Renner, MD As the nation’s opioid epidemic has now become a deadlier drug overdose...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Donald Meyer, MD Guest: Travis Mickelson, MD With physical and behavioral health practices often operating in silos, many healthcare providers are left wondering whether their patients’...

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Griffin Myers, MD, MBA, FACEP Guest: Barbara Spivak, MD Despite increasing levels of burden, physicians remain supportive of efforts that improve patient care. At least for now. As the...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH Guest: Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH Guest: Sheila Savageau Guest: Michael Seres How do you define value-based care? That’s the question being asked of some of the most...

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Barbara Levy, MD Guest: Peter A. Hollmann, MD In response to physicians’ feedback, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed some big changes to the documentation guidelines...