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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
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March 21, 2019: State Advocacy Update

NCOIL & drug price transparency and rural Missouri pain & addiction treatment in the latest AMA state and local advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update
Brett P. Giroir, MD, at the 2019 AMA National Advocacy Conference
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HHS official: Better pain treatment a key to ending opioid crisis

HHS official says two keys to ending the opioid epidemic are finding better ways to treat pain and moving from a crisis framework to a sustainable system.

Behavioral Health
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Jan. 10, 2019: State Advocacy Update

New York governor signs parity legislation, reforming pain management and more in the latest AMA state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Physician writing on a prescription tablet
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Untangling the medical ethics of prescribing opioids

Patient-centered decision-making can help physicians resolve ethical issues in pain management that arise when prescribing opioids or treating substance-use disorder.

Ethics
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Feb. 9, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Improving pain care and practice workflows, UDI implementation and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
#Best of 2017 Opioid Treatment
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Physicians took multifaceted approach to opioid epidemic in 2017

Doctors led fight against opioid epidemic by battling stigma and advocating for more resources, more treatment options and better access to pain care.

Behavioral Health
Two physicians fill out paperwork at a table.
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Amid an epidemic, these physicians are taking action

Doctors encourage non-opioid approaches to pain and safe disposal of unwanted meds, and change the approach to post-surgical prescribing.

Behavioral Health