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Taking action on opioid use disorder, pain & harm reduction during COVID-19

Policy recommendations focused on pain, opioid use disorder (OUD) and harm reduction to help states during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Behavioral Health
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June 19, 2020: State Advocacy Update

AMA urges CDC to make significant revisions to opioid prescribing guideline and more State Advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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New Minnesota law protects patients with chronic disease

Minnesota chronic pain patients will have increased access to the medications they need thanks to a new state law.

Press Releases
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Patient care for SUD, mental illness, chronic pain during COVID-19

The AMA provides guidance on caring for patients with substance use disorder, mental illness or chronic pain during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA COVID-19 Guides
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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.

Behavioral Health
Rachel Franklin, MD
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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.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Prior authorization of nonopioid pain care prolongs patient suffering

A 10-day trial yields instant pain relief for a patient, but it takes several months to obtain an insurer’s OK for the treatment.

Prior Authorization
Delegates at the AMA Annual Meeting
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Get rid of market barriers to appropriate pain management

Health insurers, pharmacy benefit management companies and others are making it harder for physicians to provide appropriate care to patients living with pain.

Behavioral Health
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AMA passes opioid policies to end barriers to non-opioid treatment

The AMA approved several opioid-related policies intended to put the focus of pain treatment back on patients and away from arbitrary third-party controls.

Press Releases