AMA Advocacy Update

- Rob Otten: PBM issues; Benchmark survey (3500 -> 5000)
- Prior authorization work
- Fix medicare now
- Physician practice survey (last done in 2007)
- important for determining physician payments

PS: Outstanding NAC planned this year
- Using ‘soapbox’ to improve experience

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AMA Advocacy Update

- Rob Jordan: August recess call to action (400 doctors) very effective
- Expect more ‘call to action’ this year
- Grass hub updates coming (working with legislators)
- AMPAC, election year! — participation critical this year!
- New online tools (social media, drug pricing, prior auth
- Engage outside experts on dealing with legislators
- Live webinars

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AMA Advocacy Update

- Kai Sternstein: State medical associations very effective (100+ victories)
- Reproductive health
- Prior Authorizations
- Federation model
- Medical liability reform
- Physician unions
- Reproductive health (education, behind the scenes work)
- Work with State medical associations (let them lead.)
- Anti-trust agenda coming in 2024-25: multi-prong approach
- Working with Litigation Center (for advocacy, novel cases)

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AMA Advocacy Update

Margaret Garages
(team organized by issues)
- chipping away at regulation, slow process
- Expect prior authorization to be addressed (just released from OMB)
- MIPS hardship exemption; threshold at same level
- Division of Legislative Council
- Decrease use of utilization add-on code (decrease effect from 90 to 30%)

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