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AMA helps stop inapt prescribing, dispensing of controlled substances

The AMA has joined with organizations representing physicians and other groups to develop a study highlighting warning signs of prescription drug abuse.

Press Releases
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Examining ethical questions in anesthesiology

Anesthesiology has expanded far beyond the operating room into obstetrics, pain management, critical care and the full range of perioperative care. The specialty’s growth has brought complex ethical questions with it.

Ethics
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Ruling could restrict access to psychiatric care

Mental health parity is at the center of a case between physicians and Anthem, Inc., one of the largest health insurers in the country. The complaint alleged that Anthem reimbursed psychiatrists less than non-psychiatric physicians who provided comparable medical services.

Access to Care
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Safety leaders, physicians seek stronger state Rx efforts

More than 150 medical, public health, patient and health care organizations came together to ask the nation’s governors for increased emphasis on overdose prevention and treatment as part of the effort to combat prescription drug abuse, misuse, overdose and death.

Overdose Epidemic
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How physicians are taking on Rx drug use in 2015

Effectively reducing opioid misuse and increasing overdose prevention and treatment efforts are a key part of state and federal advocacy in the coming year. As physicians and policymakers tackle the prescription drug issue head-on, progress is being made on the state and federal levels.

Overdose Epidemic
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Top 4 issues physicians will take to state legislatures in 2015

Physicians will see some key issues play out in their home states over the next year. 200 medical association leaders discussed strategy around legislative and regulatory priorities. Four issues came out at the top of the list.

State Advocacy
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Court case places patient-physician relationship in the balance

Two essential elements of medical practice--patient privacy and the patient-physician relationship--are at stake in a case before a federal appeals court that involves a state PDMP and surveillance by the DEA.

HIPAA
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From Ebola to MOC: Top 10 stories from AMA Interim Meeting

Here are the top stories from the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting in Dallas. See full coverage of the meeting at AMA Wire®. They covered Ebols, MOC, expanded access to Medicare and caring for veterans.

Interim Meeting
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From Ebola to e-cigarettes, delegates pass public health policy

Delegates at the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting in Dallas this week weighed in on a number of timely public health issues which included regulatory oversight of electronic cigarettes and the important role of pharmacists in vaccinating target populations.

AMA Policies