@SenWarren asks about vertical integration and its effects on health care costs vis-a-vis @Optum purchase of Steward’s physician group.

Only 14% of hospital board members nationally have had patients care experience, @donberwick testified at Senate HELP committee field hearing in Boston.

“90% of healthcare companies most at (financial) risk are owned by private equity firms.” Testimony at Senate HELP committee.

Dr. de la Torre’s seat conspicuously absent at the Senate hearing on his company, Steward.

Opening statements in Senate HELP Committee Boston field hearing on private equity in medicine. Focus will be on the Steward hospital crisis in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Sen. Markey and Warren present.

Great friends #FightingForDocs at @AmerMedicalAssn #StateAdvocacySummit. An AMAzing amount of material in a 48 hour span. Looking forward to next year!

RT @AvaniPatelMD: @AmerMedicalAssn #StateAdvocacySummit networking break with AMAzing friends & mentors who are true leaders in medicine #A…

While @ONC_HealthIT has done some great work on information blocking, more needs to be done to support QCDRs’ promise of improving quality of care and increasing health care value. Great discussion today at @AmerMedicalAssn #StateAdvocacySummit

Mergers in health care aren’t always good for physicians or patients. At #StateAdvocacySummit learning how antitrust enforcement can improve the marketplace for docs.

The panel on medical student and physician wellness at the AMA's #StateAdvocacySummit hits close to home - 3 of my med school classmates died prematurely due to depression. We need to get rid of the stigma around mental health #physicianburnout.

Added bonus at the @AmerMedicalAssn #StateAdvocacySummit: a panel discussion on AI in medicine from experts in this space, including physicians already using AI to improve patient care. Good update on the AMA’s prior work:

Thought-provoking and poignant presentation last night from @AbrahamVerghese opened the @AmerMedAssn #StateAdvocacySummit, reminding us that our technologies can be powerful tools, but the human touch is necessary for healing.

Barriers to care, like #priorauth and insurance denials, have life and death consequences for patients. While docs want to help patients, the burden is overwhelming. We need more transparency in health insurance. #StateAdvocacySummit. #FixPriorAuth

In Jacksonville FL for the @AmerMedicalAssn #StateAdvocacySummit. It’s colder here than in Boston, so we’re starting with training for #AMAambassadors with the incomparable @anadexx and @jmorijohnson

Becoming ill from respiratory viruses is common, especially during the fall and winter. We strongly urge everyone who’s eligible to get the updated #COVID-19, influenza, and #RSV vaccines as soon as possible to protect themselves and their loved ones.

#BringThemHome

There is a huge potential seen for artificial intelligence (AI) to provide clinical decision support, but there is no substitute for a physician. AMA shares where ChatGPT fits in.

Op-Ed from AMA President @JackResneckMD in NYT. This is about more than #mifepristone - this jeopardizes our 85-year-old drug regulatory system that, for all its flaws, has an outstanding safety record.

A good step in the right direction. Now it has to become affordable to those who need it.