In 2016, I joined the American Medical Association as manager of physician communications.

My principal duty in that role is to serve as editor of news stories that are published on the AMA website. These articles also are featured in the AMA Morning Rounds email newsletter, which reaches more than 250,000 subscribers five days a week, and AMA social media accounts that together have more than 1.3 million followers.

Here is a complete archive of my bylined work for the site.

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Jan. 21, 2021:

• Biden’s first moves will aid pandemic fight, boost global health
• COVID-19 vaccines: New CPT guidance, CME, info for patients

Jan. 7, 2021:

• COVID-19 vaccination: Altering doses? Data doesn’t back it

Jan. 6, 2021:

• How AMA is helping health systems face 2021’s biggest challenges

Dec. 21, 2020:

• How COVID-19 vaccine options are expanding with another EUA

Dec. 17, 2020:

• The AMA’s top 10 news stories of 2020

Dec. 3, 2020:

• Survey: Physicians laud telehealth’s value, still find barriers
• With vaccines around corner, don’t give in to COVID-19 fatigue

Dec. 2, 2020:

• Coronavirus vaccines: Who’s first in line for immunization
• 2021 Medicare pay schedule eases physicians’ documentation burdens

Nov. 19, 2020:

• Top 10 stories from the November 2020 AMA Special Meeting

Nov. 18, 2020:

• Highlights from the November 2020 AMA Special Meeting

Nov. 17, 2020:

• As challenges mount, AMA forms section for private practice doctors

Nov. 16, 2020:

• AMA: Racism is a threat to public health
• Are physicians obliged to get vaccinated against COVID-19?
• When patients are prejudiced, here’s what physicians should do

Nov. 13, 2020:

• Bill puts 2-year freeze on Medicare services set for 2021 pay cuts
• CMS, insurers should pay doctors for coronavirus protocols and PPE

Nov. 12, 2020:

• New information-blocking rules: What doctors should know

Nov. 11, 2020:

• CPT codes for new coronavirus vaccines: What you need to know

Oct. 29, 2020:

• Bipartisan House majority backs move to avert possible E/M cuts

Oct. 27, 2020:

• Now’s no time to back off training that helps address racism

Oct. 16, 2020:

• Physicians decry apparel maker’s anti-female DO misfire

Oct. 15, 2020:

• Flu vaccination: 6 tips to win over the undecideds
• New CPT codes published for SARS-CoV-2 multiplex assays

Oct. 7, 2020:

• Federal legislation’s message to doctors: It’s OK to ask for help
• Latest $20 billion round of CARES Act physician relief now open

Sept. 24, 2020:

• Medical consensus: Follow evidence on coronavirus vaccine review

Sept. 23, 2020:

• Why CDC was right to revise coronavirus testing guidelines

Sept. 14, 2020:

• 3 big reasons why letting NPs practice independently is a bad idea

Sept. 11, 2020:

• 5 things specialists can learn from each other to boost mask-wearing

Sept. 8, 2020:

• How Google, Apple can help assure contact tracing guards privacy

Sept. 3, 2020:

• It’s time for the FDA to crack down on menthol flavoring

Aug. 28, 2020:

• FDA’s SARS-CoV-2 vaccine review needs major dose of transparency

Aug. 25, 2020:

• CMS backs off proposal to diminish physician supervision

Aug. 21, 2020:

• Here’s who should get priority amid SARS-CoV-2 testing shortages

Aug. 18, 2020:

• What your patients must know about Rx shopping online
• Joint demo brings together best of 2 health care code sets

Aug. 17, 2020:

• With supplies short, COVID-19 tests should go where most needed
• Independent practice for NPs fails to solve rural access problems

Aug. 11, 2020:

• What national pastime’s COVID-19 troubles should teach America

Aug. 5, 2020:

• E/M office-visit changes on track for 2021: What doctors must know

Aug. 4, 2020:

• Dr. Fauci outlines 5 ways to blunt COVID-19 pandemic’s resurgence

July 29, 2020:

• Letting APRNs order diagnostic imaging could worsen overuse

July 28, 2020:

• 7 ways Congress can cut COVID-19’s health inequities

July 23, 2020:

• CMS shouldn’t permanently relax rules on physician oversight

July 22, 2020:

• Amid PPE shortage, AMA collaboration offers supplier for doctors

July 15, 2020:

• How to ensure PPE access in pandemic? AMA offers 10-step road map

July 8, 2020:

• Why telehealth progress could be erased if Congress fails to act

July 2, 2020:

• Physician practices are losing out in the scramble for PPE

June 26, 2020

• Drafting error could mean 21% tax hit on CARES Act relief funds
• CPT code approved for SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing

June 25, 2020:

• COVID-19 doesn’t require end-run around scope-of-practice laws

June 19, 2020:

• New AMA president: COVID-19 can spur positive changes in health care

June 18, 2020:

• How CMS move may undermine doctor supervision across medicine

June 15, 2020:

• As COVID-19 cases rise, no time to let guard down on prevention

June 12, 2020:

• Dr. Harris made big mark as AMA president, but her work’s not over

June 8, 2020:

• Gerald E. Harmon, MD, wins office of president-elect

June 4, 2020:

• In COVID-19 crisis, AMA’s powerful voice rings out to save lives

June 2, 2020:

• How domestic abuse gets missed as America stays home

May 20, 2020:

• How APIs can cut doctors’ administrative burdens, improve care

May 18, 2020:

• COVID-19 job loss could leave 27 million uninsured—what to do now

May 15, 2020:

• SARS-CoV-2 serology tests: 3 big limitations doctors must understand

May 12, 2020:

• Why COVID-19 tracking will flounder without privacy protections

May 7, 2020:

• What you should know on FDA’s new SARS-CoV-2 antibody test rules

April 30, 2020:

• Bill requires ERISA plans to cover telehealth during COVID-19

April 26, 2020:

• How doctors can claim share of additional $20 billion in CARES Act aid

April 24, 2020:

• Congress adds half trillion in COVID-19 relief: How to get help

April 23, 2020:

• New York, Detroit, rural Wisconsin: 3 CEO views on COVID-19 impact

April 20, 2020:

• Amid pandemic, CMS should level field for phone E/M visits

April 17, 2020:

• AMA: States should follow 4 signposts to safely reopen America

April 15, 2020:

• Time for FEMA to take charge and #GetUsPPE
• SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests: Learn the essentials on new CPT codes

April 14, 2020:

• DEA eases some controlled-substances rules during pandemic

April 10, 2020:

• First payments issued for COVID-19 financial relief

April 4, 2020:

• Physician practices: Learn how to get help under CARES Act

March 31, 2020:

• Why stronger federal leadership is needed to buy, distribute PPE
• 6 keys for retired physicians considering return to practice

March 27, 2020:

• What the $2 trillion coronavirus relief plan means for doctors

March 26, 2020:

• Plea to nation from doctors fighting COVID-19: #GetMePPE

March 19, 2020:

• COVID-19 national emergency: 6 top insights from 2 AMA presidents

March 17, 2020:

• This is war: We must tackle shortages hampering COVID-19 effort
• How JAMA Network quickened pace to deliver critical COVID-19 info
• Doctors, hospitals, nurses seek $1 billion to combat COVID-19

March 16, 2020:

• New CPT code for COVID-19 testing: What you should know

March 15, 2020:

• Planning for COVID-19 patient surges requires doctors’ input

March 12, 2020:

• 13 reasons your practice should have a medical record audit

March 3, 2020:

• AMA-brokered deal secures coverage for Hahnemann residents, fellows

Feb. 28, 2020:

• How Kaiser Permanente manages at burning edge of climate change

Feb. 20, 2020:

• AMA-brokered deal poised to cover residents affected by Hahnemann closure

Feb. 14, 2020:

• Effort aims to create cadre of physician LGBTQ health specialists
• Ob-gyns get AMA help to redesign residency application process

Feb. 11, 2020:

• New JAMA Network site offers daily insights on hot health care issues

Feb. 6, 2020:

• Why physicians’ use of digital health is on the rise

Jan. 23, 2020:

• Tracking the Wuhan coronavirus: 5 things doctors must know

Jan. 16, 2020:

• New Jersey rejects bill to weaken doctors’ role as care team leaders

Jan. 14, 2020:

• 6 handy guides to save up to 3 hours a day in your practice

Jan. 7, 2020:

• Distracted driving: Most states aren’t cracking down on deadly practice

Jan. 2, 2020:

• Vaping: Move to ban some flavors only 1st step in addiction fight

Dec. 27, 2019:

• JAMA editors name the journal’s best articles of the decade

Dec. 20, 2019:

• Hahnemann residents left in lurch seek bankruptcy court’s help

Dec. 19, 2019:

• Latest ACA ruling: What it means now for doctors, patients

Dec. 17, 2019:

• Amid physician pressure, Walmart backs off plan to reject paper Rx

Dec. 13, 2019:

• Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

Dec. 9, 2019:

• What we learned about telemedicine and health care AI this year
• Why health care innovation can’t happen without doctors’ insights

Dec. 2, 2019:

• The AMA’s top 10 must-read news stories of the year

Nov. 20, 2019:

• Highlights from the 2019 AMA Interim Meeting

Nov. 18, 2019:

• Physicians have duty to monitor their own competence
• How border conditions threaten our nation’s decency, health

Nov. 14, 2019:

• Google-Ascension deal comes as concerns rise on use of health data
• New research links hard-to-use EHRs and physician burnout

Nov. 8, 2019:

• Confusion prevails on 2020 Medicare supplement plan changes

Nov. 5, 2019:

• Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.

AMA Moving Medicine Magazine, fall 2019 issue:

• Sharing a bond of service
• Finding the power of his voice

Nov. 1, 2019:

• 8 prior authorization terms that drive every doctor crazy

Oct. 29, 2019:

• How a presidential order threatens the physician-led care team

Oct. 24, 2019:

• 4 disability insurance details physicians often overlook

Oct. 22, 2019:

• 90% who need substance-use disorder treatment don’t get it

Oct. 21, 2019:

• How IMGs have changed the face of American medicine

Oct. 17, 2019:

• Surprise medical bills: Physicians want market-based fixes

Oct. 8, 2019:

• Why the AMA’s standing up for LGBTQ rights in the Supreme Court

Oct. 4, 2019:

• How to improve screening for social determinants of health

Sept. 27, 2019:

• $370,000 in AMA grants will help drive rigorous med ed innovations

Sept. 24, 2019:

• Why it’s time to pull the plug on e-cigarette ads

Sept. 20, 2019:

• What doctors must know about the vaping crisis

Sept, 18, 2019:

• Title X gag rule: What’s on the line in upcoming oral arguments

Sept. 16, 2019:

• New immigration policy endangers patients needing life-saving care

Sept. 13, 2019:

• How to fix surprise billing without impeding access to care

Sept. 10, 2019:

• Court blocks law that would force physicians to mislead patients

Sept. 6, 2019:

• 6 new digital health CPT codes that you should know about
• Michigan outlaws flavored e-cigs as vaping illnesses spread

Sept. 5, 2019:

• How CVS-Aetna case puts regulators on notice

Aug. 27, 2019:

• Grants will help residents displaced by record hospital closure

Aug. 22, 2019:

• New BRCA recommendations: What primary care doctors must know

Aug. 21, 2019:

• Proposal would roll back LGBTQ protections. That’s an awful idea.

Aug. 13, 2019:

• How AMA follows science to be powerful voice on today’s top issues

Aug. 7, 2019:

• Surprise billing: 4 points to raise with your reps during recess

AMA Moving Medicine Magazine, summer 2019 issue:

• A quest to never waste a step

June 28, 2019:

• E-prescribing controlled substances: Here’s why the clicks add up

June 25, 2019:

• Doctors battle state law that forces them to mislead patients

June 13, 2019:

• Highlights from the 2019 AMA Annual Meeting

June 11, 2019:

• Physicians: The ACA should be strengthened, not abandoned
• AMA principles will further gender equity among physicians

June 10, 2019:

• Time to scrutinize PBMs’ outsized role in Rx decision-making

June 6, 2019:

• Doctors make progress on opioids, call on policymakers to do more

June 4, 2019:

• What’s at stake in this week’s CVS-Aetna merger hearing

May 21, 2019:

• AMA: Regulate network adequacy to stop surprise medical bills

April 30, 2019:

• Wearables improve post-op recovery when every step counts

April 26, 2019:

• How the CDC’s opioid prescribing guidance went astray

April 17, 2019:

• 5 reasons why physicians should use social media professionally

AMA Moving Medicine Magazine, spring 2019 issue:

• Recognizing the patterns of truth
• Digital designs for the age of evidence

March 28, 2019:

• 5 keys for physicians unwinding contractual arrangements

Jan. 11, 2019:

• 8 physician advocacy wins that set the stage for 2019
• Long-term care funding for doctors: Do you know these 5 options?

Jan. 10, 2019:

• Digital health funding hits $8.1 billion. How to spend it wisely.

Dec. 28, 2018:

• Liked, loved, shared: What got physicians talking this year

Dec. 20, 2018:

• Controversial ACA ruling: 4 things physicians should know
• Talking firearms in the exam room: 3 cases where it matters

Dec. 5, 2018:

• Our 10 most popular stories of 2018

Nov. 30, 2018:

• 4 reasons why the AMA’s website has a new look and feel

Nov. 20, 2018:

• What your patients must know about direct-to-consumer lab tests

Nov. 16, 2018:

• Highlights from the 2018 AMA Interim Meeting

Nov. 11, 2018:

• How physicians should approach hard calls involving child patients

Oct. 11, 2018:

• 10 ways the new opioids bill could help address the epidemic

Sept. 27, 2018:

• 5 reasons to read the surgeon general’s opioid epidemic report

Sept. 18, 2018:

• Proposed 2019 Medicare QPP rule: Top 7 things doctors should know

Sept. 13, 2018:

• Avoid these missteps to slash your medical coding audit risk

Sept. 7, 2018:

• Does your practice have compliant coding systems?

Aug. 24, 2018:

• HHS should withdraw proposed family-planning gag rule

Aug. 14, 2018:

• 8 medical coding mistakes that could cost you

Aug. 3, 2018:

• DOJ should block CVS-Aetna merger: Calif. insurance regulator

July 25, 2018:

• The top 3 questions residents ask about buying a home

June 19, 2018:

• Anticompetitive CVS-Aetna merger should be blocked

June 14, 2018:

• Top 10 stories from the 2018 AMA Annual Meeting
• Health care AI holds promise, but physicians’ perspective needed

June 13, 2018:

• AMA puts its organizational muster behind health equity push
• Physicians adopt plan to combat pay gap in medicine
• Doctors oppose policy that splits kids from caregivers at border

June 12, 2018:

• Physicians seek to expand LGBTQ access to family and medical leave

June 11, 2018:

• Physician obligations don’t end when patients pursue care abroad

May 28, 2018:

• JAMA Network launches open-access journal

April 30, 2018:

• Directory-related mishaps affect patients monthly, say doctors

April 18, 2018:

• The AMA Code of Medical Ethics and health care spending

April 16, 2018:

• Charter calls for comprehensive efforts on physician burnout

April 10, 2018:

• Surgeon general: Naloxone should be widely prescribed, carried

March 2, 2018:

• AMA, Anthem try new tack: Working together to improve health care

Feb. 15, 2018:

• Concussion-like symptoms found in U.S. personnel in Cuba

Jan. 26, 2018:

• 1 in 3 physicians has been sued; by age 55, 1 in 2 hit with suit

Jan. 22, 2018:

• Proposed guidelines aim for safe, effective mobile health apps

Jan. 4, 2018:

• Patients and politics: What the AMA “Code of Medical Ethics” says

Dec. 29, 2017:

• 10 New Year’s resolutions for your health and your family’s

Nov. 16, 2017:

• For healthy individual market, keep tax rules that spur coverage

Nov. 14, 2017:

• When appearing in media, physicians carry special responsibility

Nov. 11, 2017:

• Dynamic dozen honored at research symposium

Oct. 26, 2017:

• Opioids emergency declaration must be followed with smart action

Oct. 25, 2017:

• Helping patients, physicians form true digital connections

Oct. 19, 2017:

• Individual market-stabilization bill earns physician support

Oct. 4, 2017:

• JAMA Network to launch fully open-access journal

Sept. 20, 2017:

• More big names join effort to help improve mHealth apps

Sept. 6, 2017:

• “Dreamers” bolster physician workforce, should be allowed to stay

Aug. 4, 2017:

• Genome editing and the AMA “Code of Medical Ethics”

July 21, 2017:

• Senate should reject ACA repeal, replace bills

July 19, 2017:

• Jeff Bezos’ charitable drive and the “Code of Medical Ethics”

July 16, 2017:

• 9 battleground states show health reform’s high stakes

July 14, 2017:

• Revised Senate bill fails to address core AMA concerns

June 26, 2017:

• Key aspects of GOP health plans unpopular with battleground voters

June 16, 2017:

• Federal funding for Medicaid program should not be capped: AMA

June 14, 2017:

• New AMA president: Physicians must lead to reshape medicine

June 13, 2017:

• Retail health clinics’ convenience should not fragment care
• AMA president-elect, trustees elected

June 10, 2017:

• AMA’s vigor, vision spread across all areas of medicine: AMA CEO
• Amid high-stakes changes, physicians can light way: AMA president

May 24, 2017:

• Individual market endangered by uncertainty over subsidies

May 12, 2017:

• Reality TV and the AMA “Code of Medical Ethics”

May 4, 2017:

• Flawed AHCA passes House despite outcry from physicians, patients

May 2, 2017:

• Anthem-Cigna merger threatens innovation, appeals court finds

April 27, 2017:

• New changes don’t fix AHCA shortcomings, threaten key protections

April 25, 2017:

• Critical treatment gap seen in effort to stem opioid epidemic

April 13, 2017:

• Time is short for critical action to stabilize individual market

April 10, 2017:

• Appeals court should uphold decision blocking Anthem-Cigna merger

March 19, 2017:

• Mayo, AMA CEOs urge: Seek physicians as innovation partners

March 16, 2017:

• Major patient groups join AMA to voice concerns on House bill

March 15, 2017:

• Health reform: Patients deserve a healthier individual market

March 14, 2017:

• Health reform: Website will help patients, physicians take action

March 13, 2017:

• “Medspeak” can shut down effective communication with patients

March 8, 2017:

• Rumblings of possible Anthem-DOJ settlement are cause for “alarm”

March 7, 2017:

• The fierce urgency of addressing language, literacy care barriers

March 6, 2017:

• Health reform: No going back on key market protections

March 3, 2017:

• Oscars’ big snafu and the “AMA Code of Medical Ethics”

March 1, 2017:

• Former CMS administrator among 10 Dr. Nathan Davis Award winners

Feb. 24, 2017:

• Health reform: Protecting insurance gains is priority No. 1

Feb. 23, 2017:

• Florida ‘gun gag’ law provisions struck down by appeals court

Feb. 20, 2017:

• EHR switch poses learning curve in the surgical suite

Feb. 13, 2017:

• Make your medical romance last a lifetime

Feb. 9, 2017:

• Clinicians often misestimate interventions’ harms, benefits

Jan. 31, 2017:

• EHR safety concerns uncovered, addressed with daily huddle

Jan. 30, 2017:

• Van Halen helps physician rethink older patients’ physical exam
• Survey quantifies time burdens of prior authorization

Jan. 26, 2017:

• Make the most out of meetings to improve practice teamwork

Jan. 25, 2017:

• 21 principles to reform prior-authorization requirements

Jan. 20, 2017:

• Don’t let smartphones distract from care

Jan. 12, 2017:

• 4 reasons why health coaching works

Jan. 9, 2017:

• Lifelong health: Physician-led effort focuses on teens

Jan. 3, 2017:

• AMA CEO: Before repealing ACA, offer replacement details

Dec. 29, 2016:

• Resolved: 8 tips for a healthier lifestyle in 2017

Dec. 27, 2016:

• Precision medicine: When to order somatic cancer panel testing

Dec. 16, 2016:

• The top 5 stories patients should read

Dec. 15, 2016:

• Interoperability breakthrough: 5 things physicians should know
• The top 5 stories physicians should read

Dec. 14, 2016:

• The top 5 stories residents should read

Dec. 13, 2016:

• Safety, efficacy guidelines in store for mobile health apps
• The top 5 stories medical students should read

Dec. 12, 2016:

• Our 5 most popular stories of 2016

Dec. 8, 2016:

• 6 reasons patients avoid flu vaccination

Nov. 29, 2016:

• Trump’s HHS pick brings physician, policy experience to role
• How Florida has made tough calls in Zika fight

Nov. 25, 2016:

• More statin guidance muddies primary prevention picture

Nov. 22, 2016:

• Simple ways to deter improper antibiotic prescribing

Nov. 16, 2016:

• AMA ready to engage on health care reform
• AMA acts to support LGBT care, oppose insurance discrimination
• AMA joins call for action to stem tide of gun violence

Nov. 15, 2016:

• As care team leaders, physicians should set right tone
• High-quality mHealth apps can be blended into care

Nov. 12, 2016:

• Big changes ahead in medicine require bold leadership: AMA CEO
• Policy aims driven by physicians’ core values: AMA president

Nov. 9, 2016:

• mHealth data security in spotlight at 2016 Interim Meeting

Nov. 7, 2016:

• 6 ways to get your patients immunized this flu season

Oct. 31, 2016:

• Project improves rural physician access to subspecialty expertise