Patient and health care professional in conversation
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Insurer accountability on mental health parity is long overdue

Report finds “egregious violations” of federal law, worsening nation’s mental health and drug-overdose crises. Learn more with the AMA.

Access to Care
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Jan. 31, 2022

In the news: COVID vaccination rates in children, surging opioid-related overdoses, FDA approval for Moderna vaccine and more.

Publications & Newsletters
Exterior of an emergency room entrance
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M1s help spot emergency patients who can benefit from naloxone

Learn how first-year medical students can add value and learn about addiction medicine by screening patients to ID those at risk of an opioid-related overdose.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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2022 a critical year to address worsening drug-overdose crisis

In the shadow of COVID-19, our nation’s drug-overdose epidemic is worsening. We need policymakers to take concrete actions in the new year to reverse this devastating trend.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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Embracing harm reduction in the emergency department

Learn about work by Phoenix emergency physicians to get naloxone directly into the hands of patients at risk of overdose.

Behavioral Health
Letters Q and A
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Dig deep on health care issues that matter with 10 top Q&As

Learn firsthand from the doctors who are fighting COVID-19, battling burnout, advancing health equity, and working to end the drug-overdose epidemic.

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Infectious Diseases
Health System Spotlight
Ambulance
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Ending the stigma of opioid-use disorder in the emergency department

Need for cultural shift in medicine on opioid-use disorder is long overdue. Learn about one emergency physician’s journey to understanding.

Behavioral Health
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Nov. 15, 2021

In the news: Medicare premiums increase 15%, ACA enrollment, Pfizer COVID-19 drug regimen, U.S. overdose deaths, health care associations on vaccine-or-testing mandate.

Publications & Newsletters
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Nov. 5, 2021: National Advocacy Update

New national opioid treatment program resource to support evidence-based care and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update