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AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations offer roadmap to policymakers

The AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations call on policymakers to eliminate barriers to treatment and to take additional steps to end the opioid epidemic.

Press Releases
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AMA, MSMA, Manatt: Study on MS reversing opioid epidemic

A new report today by the AMA, Mississippi State Medical Assn (MSMA), and Manatt Health shows Mississippi is adopting strategies to combat the opioid epidemic.

Press Releases
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May 3, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Support for GME, misapplication of opioid prescribing guidelines and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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AMA welcomes CDC’s revised view on opioids guidelines

The AMA continues to urge informed prescribing to reduce opioid-related harm and appreciates the CDC recognizes that patients require individualized care.

Press Releases
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April 18, 2019: Advocacy spotlight on FDA and CDC issue clarifications on opioid prescribing guidelines

Get the latest FDA and CDC clarifications on opioid prescribing guidelines. Find out how AMA continues to advocate against the misapplication of CDC guideline.

Advocacy Update
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April 4, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Improving access to care, surprise billing and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Student Impact Challenge winner Kevin Tyan
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Medical students as change agents? How these six are doing it

The winners of a recent competition highlight how medical students can be catalysts for change at the health systems level.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Nov. 1, 2018: State Advocacy Update

2018 Health Workforce Mapper now available and MMA holds lawmakers accountable in the latest AMA state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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5 reasons to read the surgeon general’s opioid epidemic report

The AMA calls on the nation’s physicians to read this timely new report from the U.S. surgeon general. Find out what you will learn from America’s top doctor.

Behavioral Health