Your Care is at Our Core

Your Care is at Our Core

Physicians are compassionate healers and their patients’ most trusted allies. They persevered through years of medical school and residency to build connections with patients and provide the highest quality of care. However, all too often, physicians find themselves stuck between a desire to connect with patients and a need to navigate seemingly endless red tape and bureaucracy.

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 health. Physicians’ worst days come when they spend valuable time fighting with third parties to ensure patients can access the care they need.

Advocating for You

We all feel it – as patients when we are forced to call our insurance companies to get basic procedures approved, and as doctors when we are forced to prioritize a phone call with a bureaucrat about treatment options. From prior authorizations to unnecessary claim denials, we know that these health insurer delays aren’t just time-consuming; they can harm patients.

A 2025 survey by the Oklahoma State Medical Association found that 84% of Oklahomans support legislation limiting insurance companies’ ability to require prior authorization for doctor-prescribed treatment.

That’s why Oklahoma’s physicians are fighting back against insurance companies. In recent years, we’ve worked to pass laws that create more transparency in prior authorizations, require health insurers to have claim denials reviewed by a physician specializing in the same field as the requesting physician, and have cut the amount of time insurance companies can retroactively deny a claim.

Physicians and patients agree that the doctor-patient relationship is crucial in making informed health care decisions. They recognize that establishing a meaningful relationship is essential for building trust and delivering the most effective care and treatment. After all, physicians are supporting their patients through some of the most vulnerable moments in their lives.

Join us in drawing the curtain on bureaucratic red tape of healthcare and advocating for what matters most – time for physicians to connect with their patients.

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Oklahoma State Medical Association Launches
Your Care is At Our Core Advocacy Campaign

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 30, 2025 – Oklahoma State Medical Association (OSMA) is proud to launch the Your Care is At Our Core Campaign in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA) to strengthen the bond between patients and their physicians, the foundation of health care.

Over the past few years, physicians have faced growing challenges ignited by battles over science and evidence-based care, immunizations, the prevalence of mis- and disinformation, and more recently, the growing bureaucratic overreach of health insurers. These factors have distracted from what matters most: the connection between America’s physicians and their patients.