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AMA statement on HHS decision to remove barriers for opioid treatment

AMA strongly endorses today’s decision by HHS to allow physicians to prescribe without a waiver highly effective medication for opioid use disorder.

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Policy road map shows the way to end the overdose epidemic

It’s been clear for years that, to end the drug overdose epidemic, health insurance company and pharmacy benefit managers’ barriers to evidence-based treatment and non-opioid pain management must be eliminated.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Dec. 14, 2020

In the news: FDA grants EUA to COVID-19 vaccine and at-home test, homes hotspots for virus transmission, drug overdose deaths rising, small percentage of antibody drug supply used.

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Dec. 18, 2020: State Advocacy Update

Overdose epidemic requires state action to remove barriers to care and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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National policy roadmap on efforts to end the drug overdose epidemic

Access the AMA and Manatt report on leading-edge practices and efforts to end the nation’s drug overdose epidemic.

Behavioral Health
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Overdose epidemic requires state action to remove barriers to care

AMA, Mannatt report emphasizes the increasing importance of removing barriers to evidence-based care.

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As COVID-19 surges, AMA sounds alarm on nation’s overdose epidemic

Learn about the policy steps that must be taken to improve access to lifesaving substance-use disorder treatment.

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AMA to push for better access to opioid-use disorder treatments

The AMA will advocate sustained funding for evidence-based care and support research to help bring more treatments into the primary care setting.

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The pandemic’s not over, and the overdose epidemic is getting worse

COVID-19 is leaving a growing number of Americans isolated and desperate, exacerbating the opioid epidemic that killed nearly 72,000 in U.S. last year.

Behavioral Health