Prior authorization of nonopioid pain care prolongs patient suffering

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Opioids: Physicians make progress, but work remains

Patrice Harris, MD, 2019 Interim Meeting speech

Leadership

AMA President Dr. Harris among top 25 minority leaders in medicine

Hospital and health system executives and others made this year’s Modern Healthcare list of the top 25 minority leaders in health care. Learn about the AMA members who are moving medicine.

Opioids

Expanding access to pain and addiction treatment in rural Missouri

Kurt Bravata, MD, is helping to build out the badly needed access points for evidence-based treatment.

National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora D. Volkow, MD

Awards

AMA honors government service on addiction, infectious diseases

Winners of the AMA Dr. Nathan Davis Award share what pushes them to seek improvements in public health.

Sustainability

Removing prior authorization for MAT results in more patient care

Learn how Maryland has changed the law to help patients with opioid-use disorder get the evidence-based care they need.

Rachel Franklin, MD

Opioids

Reforming pain-management education for the next generation of physicians

Rachel Franklin, MD, starts from the ground up to create an objectively assessed, mechanism-based management program for chronic pain.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Health care 2020: Here’s where Congress and the states are headed

The AMA’s senior VP of advocacy offers expert insight on what physicians should expect, and advises doctors looking to make a mark with policymakers.

AMA in the News

AMA in the News: January 2020

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for January 2020.

Florida old and new State Capitol buildings

Patient Support & Advocacy

Physicians will keep fighting on these 6 key issues in 2020

Health care policy debates must include the trusted voices of doctors advocating for their patients, says AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA.

End the epidemic

AMA membership means you’re actively fighting to end the opioid crisis. Help us build a strong, nationwide program of comprehensive pain care to help reverse this epidemic.

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Essential Tools & Resources

End the opioid epidemic

AMA Opioid Task Force 2019 Progress Report

How to administer naloxone

Co-prescribing naloxone

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