NEWS
AMA Delegate Report
Joseph B. Selby, MD Delegate and Chair
The 2025 Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association( AMA) convened on Friday, November 14, 2025, at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD.
Chase Anderson, Region 3 medical student delegate from Marshall University’ s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, and I were in attendance.
Of the 733 total delegates, 642 were credentialed as the House of Delegates was called to order by speaker Lisa Egbert, MD.
Prior to the opening of the House of Delegates, the Organization of State Medical Association Presidents( OSMAP) held its general membership meeting. A town hall with AMA leadership was held addressing current advocacy issues. Present were
Bobby Mukkamala, MD, president of the AMA; David Aizuss, MD, chairman of the board of trustees; and Todd Askew, senior vice president for advocacy for AMA. The big topics addressed were Medicare payment, prior authorization, scope of practice, and strategies to curb the corporate influence in healthcare.
A somewhat unexpected event at this meeting was the address to the House of Delegates by 17th Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services( CMS) Dr. Mehmet Oz. The AMA released a statement on Oz’ s speech to the House of Delegates.
“ We appreciate CMS Administrator Dr. Oz joining us and outlining a vision for collaboration,” Mukkamala said.“ His physician’ s perspective on prior authorization, documentation, hospital payments, and lagging physician reimbursement resonate across the House. At the same time, we will remain engaged where we have differences: opposing Medicaid cuts, advocating for a permanent Medicare payment fix that reflects the cost of running a practice, and preventing coverage loss while rooting out fraud. We welcome his call for feedback and look forward to working together on evidence-based solutions that protect patients and sustain physicians.”
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