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Jan. 17, 2020: National Advocacy Update

CDC opioid prescribing guidelines, MIPS eligible clinicians and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Changes overdue on how substance-use disorders are covered, treated

The AMA is “laser-focused” on removing barriers to treatment for opioid-use disorder—including eliminating stigma, says the organization’s president, Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA.

Behavioral Health
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ED innovation boosts access for patients with opioid-use disorder

Two emergency doctors’ efforts help ensure patients obtain appropriate follow-up medication-assisted treatment.

Behavioral Health
#Best of 2019 Advocacy
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Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

From the E/M overhaul to the opioid epidemic, here’s how the AMA has shown itself to be the physician’s powerful ally in health care this year.

State Advocacy
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Dec. 6, 2019: State Advocacy Update

AMA urges Walmart, OptumRx to delay EPCS requirements and Colorado focuses on evidence-based approaches to end opioid epidemic in the latest AMA state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Tani Malhotra, MD, maternal fetal medicine fellow
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This doctor advocates for pregnant patients with opioid-use disorder

Maternal and fetal medicine fellow Tani Malhotra, MD, knows the fear felt by mothers with opioid-use disorder. She’s working to make better policy to address it.

Behavioral Health
AMA member speaking during 2019 Interim HOD Meeting
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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.

Behavioral Health
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Doctors back innovative local efforts to battle opioid epidemic

Communities’ situations are unique, but a strategy effective in fighting the opioid epidemic in one area can have useful lessons for programs elsewhere.

Behavioral Health
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Black patients less likely to get treatment for opioid-use disorder

Financial barriers widen racial inequities in access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid-use disorder, creating a large disparity in prescriptions.

Behavioral Health