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Time to adopt view of opioid-use disorder as chronic disease

Stigmatization and payers’ use of prior authorization can make it harder to deliver evidence-based treatment to the patients who need it.

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March 9, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Stronger network-adequacy & fewer prior-auth demands, flexibility in EHR adoption and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

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Pains of prior authorization create pressure for reform

Payer and physician organizations gather at HIMSS 2017 to discuss ways to address the burdens of prior authorization.

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Feb. 23, 2017: State Advocacy Update

Prior authorization for treatment of substance use disorders, Massachusetts gun safety discussions and more in AMA's latest state and local advocacy efforts.

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Survey quantifies time burdens of prior authorization

New details on the time physicians and staff pour into completing prior-authorization requests that delay and disrupt patient care.

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21 principles to reform prior-authorization requirements

The AMA and other health care associations offer a comprehensive plan to simplify the protocols that gobble up time and can disrupt patient care.

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Health care coalition calls for prior authorization reform

The Health Care Coalition releases new principles to improve timely access to care and reduce administrative burdens

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5 tips to minimize prior authorization delays

Is the prior authorization process impeding your ability to provide quality care to patients? Use these tips to relieve your frustrations.

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Physicians take on prior authorization rules that hinder care

New policy adopted Monday at the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting calls for limiting the use of prior authorization of health care services so that physicians are not prevented from giving patients the safe, high-quality care they deserve.

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