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AMA advocacy helps score 3 significant wins for patients

Physician advocacy yields action to extend health insurance coverage, remove barriers to appropriate pain care and improve maternal health.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Feb. 7, 2022

In the news: New opioid prescribing guidelines, mask effectiveness against COVID-19, nonopioid pain management and more.

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Dec. 3, 2021: Advocacy Update other news

A new ABPM survey and more in the latest Advocacy Update other news.

Advocacy Update
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Sept. 20, 2021

In the news: COVID-19 booster shots for patients 65+ and those at high risk, administration addressing public health linked to extreme heat, 2021 Overdose Epidemic Report.

Publications & Newsletters
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Report shows decreases in opioid prescribing, increase in overdoses

The AMA is urging policymakers to join physicians to reduce mortality and improve patient outcomes by removing barriers to evidence-based care.

Press Releases
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AMA statement on Justice Department settlement with Purdue Pharma

Any settlement should be used exclusively for data collection, research, education, overdose prevention, stigma elimination, and evidence-based treatment.

Press Releases
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July 13, 2017: National Advocacy Update

AMA urges modifications in opioid prescriber education blueprint; New update provides better Quality Payment Program reporting; Many physicians, still fuzzy on details, feel unprepared for QPP

Advocacy Update
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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
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June 14, 2019: State Advocacy Update

Physicians take steps against opioid epidemic and Vermont removes prior authorization requirements for MAT in the latest AMA state advocacy news.

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