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Providing individualized pain care during COVID in West Virginia

Pain-management clinic works to reverse the overdose epidemic’s impact on the state by using whole-person approach to provide custom care.

Behavioral Health
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Oct. 23, 2020: State Advocacy Update 

AMA supports Colorado physicians' efforts to increase access to comprehensive pain care and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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July 31, 2020: State Advocacy Update

Providing individualized pain care during COVID-19 in West Virginia and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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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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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.

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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.

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