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Opioids

AMA to boost education on methadone maintenance therapy

Methadone has been used for 40 years to treat opioid-use disorder. AMA adopts policy to explore expanding access.

Press Releases

AMA president speaks to delegates at Interim Meeting

AMA President Patrice A. Harris, M.D., detailed AMA’s ongoing efforts to reinforce science and evidence-based approaches to remove barriers to patient care.

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Sustainability

8 prior authorization terms that drive every doctor crazy

Learn them with this handy glossary to better understand this frustrating cost-control practice—and find out how the AMA wants to fix prior auth.

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Sustainability

How CMS can fix prior auth to put patients before paperwork

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) asked for suggestions on cutting administrative burdens on physicians and others in health care.

Press Releases

AMA, others ask CMS to comprehensively address prior authorization

CMS urged to reduce the harms and burdens of prior authorization by incorporating Consensus Principles.

Sustainability

Pain assessments: are clinicians required to ask patients about pain during every consultation?

The myth Clinical teams are required to ask patients about their level of pain at every visit, regardless of the reason for the visit.

Press Releases

New process takes AMA Guides into the future

AMA Guides Editorial Panel process will help ensure collaboration among stakeholders and the best possible information for making impairment evaluations.

Patient Support & Advocacy

AMA vision on health care reform

Download the vision statement on the AMA's commitment to improving health insurance coverage and health care access.

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