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CENTERS FOR MEDICARE MEDICAID (CMS) PUBLISHES FINAL RULES OUTLINING PAYMENT POLICIES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025
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Medicare Finalizes New Payment Policies for 2025

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published final rules outlining payment policies for the calendar year (CY) 2025 payment year. The 2025 finalized MPFS proposes certain policy changes and some newly covered services that will enhance the care continuum. ASAM has provided a summary of these finalized changes below as well as at this link where...
STAKEHOLDERS URGE CONGRESS TO PASS THE MODERNIZING OPOIOD TREATMENT ACCESS ACT
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Update on Modernization of Opiod Treatment Access Act (S.644/H.R. 1359)

More than 125 organizations submitted a joint letter to Congressional leaders today urging them to address the demand-side of America’s overdose crisis by prioritizing the bipartisan legislation in any year-end legislative package Washington, DC (Nov. 12, 2024) – Today, more than 125 organizations representing a broad base of stakeholders submitted a joint letter to House and Senate...
Overdose Deaths are declining: But Not in Black Communities
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Overdose deaths are declining. But Not in Black Communities

For years, we’ve read saddening stories in newspapers like this one about the horrific effects of the overdose crisis on Hoosiers. Stories about lives lost, families torn apart and communities grieving. But in mid-May, we read a story that wasn’t sad. A story that gave us hope. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed preliminary 2023 data showing overdose deaths...
Bill removes mandated report to law enforcement of positive drug tests in newborns
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Bill Removes Mandated Report to Law Enforcement of Positive Drug Tests in Newborn

Bill removes mandated report to law enforcement of positive drug tests in newborns By Catrina Petersen | The Center Square (The Center Square) – The legislature is ready to send a bill to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker that removes the mandate that the Department of Children and Family Services must report newborn babies’ positive toxicology screens to law enforcement. Senate Bill 3136...
Position Statement on Access to Evidence-Based Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
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Position Statement on Access to Evidence-Based Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Summary: The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has released a Position Statement on Access to Evidence-Based Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, emphasizing the ongoing opioid overdose crisis in the United States, which saw over 107,000 deaths in 2022 despite declining prescription rates for opioid analgesics. The statement highlights the low treatment rates with Medications...
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Doctors and Pharmacists Groups Send Joint Letter to DEA, HHA, ONDCP, and SAMHSA on Buprenorphine Access Issues:

Today, the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) joined the American Medical Association (AMA), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in a joint letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Substance Abuse and the Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
SAM Applauds Enactment of Important Medicaid Measures That Will Enhance Access to Addiction Treatment.
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ASAM Applauds Enactment of Important Medicaid Measures That Will Enhance Access to Addiction Treatment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2024   Rockville, MD – Today, the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) applauded Congress for including important Medicaid measures supporting addiction treatment in its first Fiscal Year 2024 minibus package. Signed into law today by President Biden, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, will enhance Americans’ access to...
Growing Movement Urges Congress to Expand the Addiction Specialist Physician Workforce
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Growing Movement Urges Congress to Expand the Addiction Specialist Physician Workforce.

With other organizations urging Congress swiftly address the glaring shortage of physicians trained to treat patients with addiction, ASAM signed a letter sent to the House sponsors of the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Workforce Act of 2024. This bipartisan legislation would create 1,000 more Medicare-supported graduate medical education (GME) positions in addiction medicine, addiction...
Public Policy Statement on Government Strategies to Foster Ethical Addiction Treatment
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Public Policy Statement on Government Strategies to Foster Ethical Addiction Treatment

Last night, the ASAM Board of Directors approved the Public Policy Statement on Government Strategies to Foster Ethical Addiction Treatment. Congratulations, and to the writing committee, especially! View the Documents BelowGovernment Strategies to Foster Ethical Addiction Treatment Introduction America is at a crossroads with confronting addiction, which is one of...
ASAM Provides Comments to HHS on Insurance Coverage of Preventive Services
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ASAM Provides Comments to HHS on Insurance Coverage of Preventive Services

In response to a request for comments from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding insurance coverage of preventive services provided over the counter (OTC), ASAM supported removing barriers to smoking cessation products to provide more people better access to these tools. In addition, ASAM encouraged HHS to consider the important role of clinicians in...