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Jan. 8, 2021: State Advocacy Update

Coverage for all forms of MOUD now required by Medicaid and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Policy road map shows the way to end the overdose epidemic

It’s been clear for years that, to end the drug overdose epidemic, health insurance company and pharmacy benefit managers’ barriers to evidence-based treatment and non-opioid pain management must be eliminated.

Overdose Epidemic
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Final 2021 Medicare pay schedule: What physicians need to know

Changes to E/M will ease documentation burdens, but final rule also includes painful pay cuts that Congress must act to avert. Learn more with the AMA.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Overdose epidemic requires state action to remove barriers to care

AMA, Mannatt report emphasizes the increasing importance of removing barriers to evidence-based care.

Press Releases
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As COVID-19 surges, AMA sounds alarm on nation’s overdose epidemic

Learn about the policy steps that must be taken to improve access to lifesaving substance-use disorder treatment.

Overdose Epidemic
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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.

Overdose Epidemic
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4 MIN READ

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.

Overdose Epidemic
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Oct. 23, 2020: State Advocacy Update 

AMA supports Colorado physicians' efforts to increase access to comprehensive pain care and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update