Opioids
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a hearing on the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services.
March 12 at 2PM ET
Join the AHA's Section for Psychiatric & Substance Abuse Services and AHA’s Physician Alliance on March 12 at 2 p.m. ET for a webinar on the Prescribe Safe Initiative.
Eligible organizations can apply through May 6 for up to $1 million each for a three-year period to expand opioid and other substance use disorder services in high-risk rural communities.
Birmingham VA Medical Center’s weekly, 90-minute shared medical appointments help veterans address opioid reliance.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies today held a hearing to review what programs and strategies are working to address the opioid epidemic and where to focus future funding.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., yesterday announced the agency’s 2019 agenda to address the opioid epidemic.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released an updated tool for viewing and comparing opioid prescribing rates over time and across regions.
The National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic last week held a webinar on the work it will undertake over the next two years to share knowledge, align initiatives and advance multisector solutions to improve outcomes for those impacted by the opioid…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is committed to supporting and advocating for organizations that are tackling the opioid crisis. This webinar provides an update since AHA’s April 2016 webinar on the Prescribe Safe Initiative, created by Monterey County law enforcement, four Monterey County…
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., today convened a hearing on “Managing Pain During the Opioid Crisis” to “better understand causes of pain, how we can improve care for patients with pain, and where we are on developing new medicines and ways…