Kai Sternstein

Relentless advocate. Lawyer. Mom. VP of state government affairs for @AmerMedicalAssn. Honored to do this work. And — Go, Cubs! (RT is not an endorsement)

[Ann Stroink MD CPE FACS FAANS @NeurosurgeryRE]

@ksternstein Common sense prevails

[Kai Sternstein @ksternstein]

@NeurosurgeryRE 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Kai Sternstein @ksternstein]

Proud to have been part of this common sense effort to make sure eye surgery is only performed by qualified eye surgeons. #StateAdvocacyInAction #AMAAdvocacy #StopScopeCreep

[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

Thank you, Governor @KellyAyotte, for protecting patient safety with your veto of HB 349 and to the New Hampshire lawmakers who voted today to sustain the veto. Applause to @NHMedSociety for leading the effort to keep eye surgery in the hands of highly trained physicians. AMA is proud to work alongside you, @aao_ophth and NHSEPS. #NHLeg #nhhouse #nhstatehouse https://t.co/nrADawenTV

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

Great discussion @Rebekah_Bernard@jbryan522
⁦@RachelKyllo⁩ ⁦@WSMA_CEO⁩ Dr. Ajayi

❗️ Many NPs & PAs are LEAVING primary care, despite touted as a solution to primary care shortages.

❗️AMA data shows switching specialties WITHOUT extra training.

#StateAdvocacySummit

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

#StateAdvocacySummit panel on OBBBA’s impact on Medicaid

“Real peoples’ lives depend on it.”

Ellen Montz @ManattHealth, Stacie Weeks NV Health Authority, Drew Wilson @Delaware_DHSS on state responses, impacts, how advocates can protect patient access

👓 https://t.co/qTbp6dRQe1

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

#StateAdvocacySummit panel on OBBBA’s impact on marketplaces

Affordable health insurance marketplace coverage is at risk

@ManattHealth @CoveredCA @YourHealthIdaho @BloodCancerUtd discussed how states & advocates can protect enrollment & access to care

👓https://t.co/qTbp6dRiot

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

Great #StateAdvocacySummit panel @drjohnwhyte @MichelleM_Mello, Jared Augenstein @ManattHealth, Mark Sendak of Vega Health: state #AI policy advancing AI innovation in #healthcare

AI transforms physicians’ work.

👉See AMA Center for Digital Health & AI: https://t.co/OOjAsjFwoL

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

👏Big news announced at @AmerMedicalAssn #StateAdvocacySummit:

🎉AMA is ⬆️ 3️⃣X its annual investment in Scope of Practice Partnership to $1M—this year & every year going forward. This fuels stronger grassroots advocacy nationwide to protect #patientsafety and physician-led care.

[Kai Sternstein @ksternstein]

“We’re all in overtime.”

Thank you @DavidFajgenbaum for a keynote that was raw, hopeful & profoundly motivating. Your story—and your mission through Every Cure —is a reminder to stop waiting for the perfect moment & start acting on what matters most. #seizethemoment #Purpose

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

Inspiring. With a critical vision for the future, amazing team, 1 step at a time.

@DavidFajgenbaum shared his survival story, how scientific discovery, #AI, collaboration transform patient care.

What leaders can do to unlock cures, improve outcomes.

AMA #StateAdvocacySummit

[Kai Sternstein @ksternstein]

The 2026 #StateAdvocacySummit began last night. I’m excited to implement these new state advocacy grants. So much opportunity in the upcoming state legislative sessions. Let’s do this! #AMAAdvocacy #AMAStateAdvocacy

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

⭐️Dr. John Whyte: Big news for 2026 ⁦@AmerMedicalAssn⁩ is launching a #StateAdvocacy Accelerator Grant Program, a new pilot designed to give state medical societies resources they need to win on their most important legislative fights.

#StateAdvocacySummit #FightingForDocs

[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

With #AI transforming health care, lawmakers must balance innovation with concerns of bias, accuracy & human intervention. @JustinNordenMD @MichelleM_Mello @ManattHealth & @PAInsuranceDept share how states can address these issues at #StateAdvocacySummit. https://t.co/MD1gQAo1uW

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

#StateAdvocacySummit convo with state legislators

@TheHScottSmith @YourlocalIDdoc Akilah Weber, MD Deborah Ferguson, DDS

Connect with your legislators. Build relationships.

Focus on patients.

Keep messages brief.

Our training as physicians equips us to be good legislators.

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

#StateAdvocacySummit: Medical student & physician wellness

@DrHankChaudhry @TheFSMB @drbreenheroes @struble_e Michael Baron, MD, MPH, FSPHP

“Stigma is a lethal weapon.”

“We need to have courage & provide unwavering support for physicians so they can practice their profession.”

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

#StateAdvocacySummit Tim Storey CEO ⁦@NCSLorg⁩ on 2025 in states:

Partisan stability, tight budgets, uncertain federal policy, active sessions, many issues

Healthcare, complex, top issues: Medicaid, workforce, behavioral health, costs & affordability, Rx drugs. Add AI.

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

#StateAdvocacySummit

@Rebekah_Bernard @CanionJohn
Jennifer Allen, MD Kathy Perryman, MD former NP/CRNA, went to med school: “blown away by what we didn’t know.” Need team care w/physician supervision. A rural FNP without physician “under-values primary care & rural patients.”

[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

Barriers to care, like #priorauth and insurance denials, have life & death consequences for patients. @LLSusa, @FulcrumStrat and @txtianmiller discuss how states can address this urgent issue through targeted reforms at #StateAdvocacySummit. https://t.co/cNfnO3NjnR #FixPriorAuth

[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

At #StateAdvocacySummit @ksternstein and leaders from @forbestate, @NMMedicalSoc & @PAMEDSociety discuss new research and how the #YourCareIsAtOurCore campaign is revitalizing the image of physicians among patients & lawmakers. Learn about the campaign 👉 https://t.co/e5HlnJ3KOH

[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

#OurAMA members are busy bringing their health care advocacy to life this week at the State Advocacy Summit! Are you in attendance? Be sure to tag your posts using #StateAdvocacySummit!

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

🌠Today: #StateAdvocacySummit

•National experts
•Critical state issues
•Strategize, network

-Well-being
-AI
-Policy, politics.
-Payer practices, access to care
-Mental health, SUD parity
-Private equity, corporatization of medicine
-Scope of practice https://t.co/p2mIfnL3Uh

[Kai Sternstein @ksternstein]

@MorrisAuster @AmerMedicalAssn @MedSocietyNYS We are the lucky ones, Moe. Your work is critical and helps our AMA state advocacy team succeed.