Billions go to opioid epidemic.
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4 MIN READ

Billions approved for fight to end opioid epidemic

Omnibus budget bill includes nearly $4 billion for prevention, treatment and enforcement efforts.

Overdose Epidemic
Closeup of Capitol Hill
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CHIP extension, IPAB repeal part of federal budget deal

Congress keeps government running, extends CHIP for 10 years, approves key Medicare pay provisions and kills the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

HIPAA
Microscopic look at DNA
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Wanted: 1 million or more people to shape precision medicine’s future

Data collected in a new national initiative will help researchers discover new treatment options and prevention strategies tailored to an individual.

Precision Medicine
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Dec. 28, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, proposed cut for services reported with modifier 2 and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Nov. 16, 2017: National Advocacy Update

CHIP reauthorization, ECC hearing on APMs and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Oct. 19, 2017: National Advocacy Update

CHIP negotiations, VA-employed providers, multistate licensure requirements and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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AMA statement on VA telehealth proposed rule

The AMA responds to the VA’s proposed rule concerning the authority of employed VA health care providers to practice telehealth.

Press Releases
Equality logo held by soldier.
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Suit seeks full VA coverage of transgender vets’ gender dysphoria

VA’s refusal to cover transgender vets’ sex-reassignment surgery to treat gender dysphoria “has no basis in medicine,” AMA amicus brief argues.

Population Care
HOD members discuss Veterans health care.
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Physicians offer fixes to improve veterans’ access to care

The AMA will continue collaboration with the VA, calls for new funding for the Veterans Choice Program.

Population Care