Your Care is at Our Core: Strengthening America’s Relationship with Physicians
The Nebraska Medical Association has joined more than 30 states in a campaign to strengthen America’s relationship with physicians and highlight the importance of the physician-patient relationship for quality patient care.
Physicians are compassionate healers and their patients’ strongest allies. They persevered through years of medical school and residency to build connections with, treat, and heal their patients. Every day they aim to provide the highest quality of care – it’s what all those hours and all of that training prepared them for. This is their calling; what drives them every day.
The best days for physicians come when they are close at hand with their patients, facing challenges head on and providing support to patients in their journey to good health.
Physicians are Patients Strongest Allies in Health
Yet in recent years, physicians have faced reputational challenges stemming from broader frustrations within healthcare. Americans want to see more of their physicians – 89% of national voters agree that the doctor-patient relationship is central to health care – yet too often, the system gets in the way. Now more than ever, physicians find themselves stuck between a desire to connect with patients and a need to navigate seemingly endless red tape and bureaucracy.
NMA Champions the Patient-Physician Relationship
Your Care is at Our Core was created to elevate the message of what drives physicians: trust, empathy, compassion, and time spent caring for and fighting for their patients – emphasizing that their personal relationships with their patients are a priority and a commitment to their care.
Prior Authorization
More than 1 in 4 physicians reported that prior authorization has led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care. Years of education and training equip physicians to make high-quality health care decisions, yet prior authorization undermines physicians’ treatment decisions. NMA member physicians want to reform the health care system to keep treatment decisions between patients and their physicians.
Medicaid
Every patient deserves a trusted physician to be on their side, explaining health conditions, answering questions, and ensuring patients truly understand their care. Physicians bring expertise, empathy, and years of training to the patient-physician relationship – and Medicaid protects a physician’s ability to provide care by ensuring access to care for the patients who need it most
Scope of Practice
Physicians are trained to lead a team of health care providers. Driven by a calling to heal and save lives, physicians devote years to education and clinical training, preparing to advocate for their patients and working together to make informed health care decisions. As leaders on a health care team, physicians can help their patients make informed decisions about their health.
Join Us
Support efforts to reduce unnecessary healthcare barriers, strengthen physician-led care, and keep the focus where it belongs — on patients.
