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🚨New AMA report analyzes the #pharmacybenefitmanager (#PBM) market concentration & its impact. The report reviews the structure of the PBM industry, its deep ties to insurers, low level of competition, & high level of vertical integration. 👉 Report: spr.ly/6047fnzfV 🧵

🚨AMA concerns re Senate bill: ⬇️ Medicaid/CHIP funding, changes in eligibility criteria that will ⬇️ patients’ access to care/impact physician practices’ viability, esp rural/underserved. Omits House-passed effort to connect Medicare physician payment to cost to run practice.

Message to Tennessee families seeking gender affirming care for minors: NY ♥️ you & your doctors We passed & strengthened our Transgender Shield Law (S4914A) to protect non-New Yorkers fearing prosecution in their home states -- like Tennessee nytimes.com/live/2025/06/1…

.@friendsofJoeD @DeanMurray4NY Join @MedSocietyNYS in supporting legislation (A.3789/S.7297) to reduce #priorauthorization burdens! #StopTheHassle p2a-files.s3.amazonaws.com/production/cam…

.@friendsofJoeD @DeanMurray4NY Join @MedSocietyNYS in supporting legislation (A.3789/S.7297) to reduce #priorauthorization burdens! #StopTheHassle p2a-files.s3.amazonaws.com/production/cam…

The Maternal Health, Dignity and Consent Act would help health care workers build trust with patients. Learn more by reading @LIBMedicine’s op-ed in @Newsday: newsday.com/opinion/commen… Urge your legislators to pass the MHDCA now using the script here: docs.google.com/document/d/1DK…

180th President of AMA ⁦@BobbyMukkamala⁩ sworn in by ⁦@AmerMedicalAssn⁩ ⁦@MarilynHeineMD⁩ ⁦@DrBruceAScott⁩ ⁦@fergmd⁩ ⁦@DrSandyFryhofer⁩ ⁦@sonodoc99⁩ ⁦@MedSocietyNYS⁩ ⁦@SolNataMD⁩ ⁦@drdanchoi⁩ ⁦@DrElisaChoi⁩

After surviving a brain tumor, Bobby Mukkamala, MD (@PresAmerMed), begins his term with new perspective on the urgency needed to fix the U.S. health system’s flaws. spr.ly/60164ycRq

Testified today at the 2025 @AmerMedicalAssn Annual Meeting on behalf of @AAHPM for the adoption of new AMA policy supporting a conjunctive interpretation of the Controlled Substances Act for authorized prescribing. #HPM #hapc

.@friendsofJoeD @DeanMurray4NY Join @MedSocietyNYS in supporting legislation (A.3789/S.7297) to reduce #priorauthorization burdens! #StopTheHassle p2a-files.s3.amazonaws.com/production/cam…

Today we celebrate #HarveyMilk on what would have been his 95th birthday. Hope will never be silent. Happy Birthday Harvey! #HarveyMilkDay #NOH8

Empire State Medical, Scientific & Educational Foundation Needs Peer Reviewers. #NYS #Physicians, find out more in #MSSNYPulse ow.ly/LWP350VUbH6

“Libraries are the great equalizer...when you have a free public library in particular, it’s an opportunity center for people all walks of life, and you are giving them the opportunity to make choices..."” Dr. Hayden, thank you for your service!

.@GovKathyHochul @friendsofJoeD @DeanMurray4NY Please retain the right of healthcare providers to bring Medicaid Managed Care claims disputes to the Independent Dispute Resolution Process #ProtectPatientAccesstoPhysicianCare @MedSocietyNYS p2a.co/twitterimage?i…

.@GovKathyHochul @friendsofJoeD @DeanMurray4NY Please retain the right of healthcare providers to bring Medicaid Managed Care claims disputes to the Independent Dispute Resolution Process #ProtectPatientAccesstoPhysicianCare @MedSocietyNYS p2a.co/twitterimage?i…

🚨Not only does #priorauth adversely impact patient care & ⬆️ ⬆️ physician frustration & burnout, it also ⬆️⬆️ costs to the entire health care system. 👉 AMA new survey results: tinyurl.com/mt2h7ded Likely of interest to @iccronline per report ⤵️ tinyurl.com/pb3tfuvs

@Apple At your store 15 minutes early for appointment. Took 14 minutes to get a staff person to make eye contact to check me in. It’s now 17 minutes after appointment time, 33 minutes after entering the store. Can you help me or are you suggesting I contact @SamsungMobileUS

You just got a physician employment offer. Now what? A job offer is a good start, but only a signed contract will get you practicing and paid. Here’s a look at what you should do to get the best deal. spr.ly/6012QfS1a

🧵AMA strongly urges “⁦@medicarepayment⁩ to recommend that #Congress update physician payment on an annual basis by the full increase in inflation as measured by the…MEI to ensure predictability & stability for physician payment and to maintain or improve access to care.”

As an Alaska Native, Siobhan M. Wescott, MD, moves medicine by tirelessly working to raise the chronically low number of Native American students entering medical school. Learn more about this inspiring physician. spr.ly/6010syIBC