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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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Patient Access Playbook: Legal requirements

Download the playbook PDF to learn how federal medical privacy law, commonly known as HIPAA, provides a patient the right to obtain an electronic copy of their medical record in the patient’s preferred form and format.

Digital
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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.

Overdose Epidemic
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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.

Overdose Epidemic
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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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4 MIN READ

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.

Publications & Newsletters
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Oct. 30, 2020: State Advocacy Update 

AMA supporting medical societies to oppose cannabis-related ballot measures in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Oct. 30, 2020: Judicial Advocacy Update

Why court should uphold medical liability statute of limitations and more in the latest Judicial Advocacy Update

Advocacy Update