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AMA to push for better access to opioid-use disorder treatments

The AMA will advocate sustained funding for evidence-based care and support research to help bring more treatments into the primary care setting.

Behavioral Health
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AMA announces policies adopted on final day of Special Meeting

Policies adopted include improving access to substance use disorder treatment, protection for residents and fellows.

Press Releases
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COVID-19 exacerbates drug shortages. AMA details next steps.

Analgesics, sedatives among drugs affected by the pandemic. Delegates urge improvements to the global pharmaceutical product supply chain.

Behavioral Health
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AMA strengthens policy to combat spike in national drug shortages

Policy outlines a comprehensive framework to address ongoing drug shortages, which have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Press Releases
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Nov. 13, 2020: State Advocacy Update 

Public-private partnership seeks to build SUD treatment network throughout Georgia and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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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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The pandemic’s not over, and the overdose epidemic is getting worse

COVID-19 is leaving a growing number of Americans isolated and desperate, exacerbating the opioid epidemic that killed nearly 72,000 in U.S. last year.

Behavioral Health
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Using telehealth to boost treatment for substance-use disorder

Edwin Chapman, MD, delivers multiple services at his “one-stop shopping” clinic in the nation’s capital.

Digital
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Oct. 26, 2020

In the news: COVID-19 cases in the U.S., USPSTF draft recommendation for colorectal cancer screening, requirement for insurers to disclose prices.

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