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Aug. 23, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Step therapy in Medicare Advantage plans, accountable care organizations and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Aug. 23, 2018: State Advocacy Update

Opioid overdose prevention toolkit available in Spanish, CME for physicians in West Virginia and more in the latest AMA state and local advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update
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Opioid-use disorder: Treat the family, not just the patient

Involving loved ones can help them cope and understand what effective treatment looks like. Learn more about family opioid treatment.

Behavioral Health
Lauren Benning, medical student
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Lauren Benning: Reducing the obesity stigma

AMA member and medical student Lauren Benning aims to take a practical, nonjudgmental approach to treating obesity.

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Chronic Diseases
Members Move Medicine
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With opioid deaths increasing, AMA urges expansion of proven treatment

AMA calls on policymakers to support proven approaches to treat opioid use disorder as new statistics show 10 percent increase in opioid fatalities last year.

Press Releases
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
A doctor writing on a notepad while looking at a smartphone.
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Physicians are fighting on the front lines of the opioid crisis

Physicians are fighting the opioid crisis through responsible opioid prescribing and grassroots programs tailored to their communities.

Behavioral Health
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July 26, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Rural health clinics & repayment demands, drug shortages task force and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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July 26, 2018: State Advocacy Update

2019 National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit call for presentations and state legislative group urged to focus on treatment in the latest health care state and local advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update