Milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat, soy and sesame are the “Big Nine” food allergies. Two allergists share more about food allergies.

Many formerly manual, time-intensive administrative tasks can be automated through the use of standardized electronic transactions. In the case of automating a medical practice’s revenue cycle, the ...

Find resources for physicians returning to practice after a leave, including information on state- and medical school-based physician re-entry programs.

The RVS Update Committee (RUC) is a volunteer group of 32 physicians and other health care professionals who advise Medicare on how to value a physician's work. Learn more about what the RUC does at ...

The RUC represents the entire medical profession, with 22 of its 32 members appointed by major national medical specialty societies. The members include those recognized by the American Board of ...

Information about the 2026 IPPS Annual Meeting will be provided as it becomes available. For information about the House of Delegates meeting visit the Annual Meeting of the HOD page .

Subscribe to join our mailing list and never miss a story. The road to residency is exciting — and challenging — as medical students must balance finishing their studies with looking ahead to ...

One organ donor can save up to eight lives. Veronica Loy, DO, a transplant hepatologist at Rush University System for Health, discusses organ donation.

Stress is part of being human. It is the body’s built-in alarm system, helping people stay alert, meet deadlines and respond to threats. In short bursts, that stress response can even be useful. But ...

AMA member Evan Jacobs, MD, of CenterWell Senior Primary Care, says the specialty can be highly demanding, and not just because of patients’ needs.

Three times during the year, the CPT® Editorial Panel (Panel) deliberates code changes and the AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) describes the resources required to provide physician ...

If you were born before 1990, you might remember spending a week home from school with chickenpox. A sibling may have also stayed home with chickenpox at the same time. That’s because a vaccine wasn’t ...