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AMA Unveils Toolkit To Help States ‘End’ The Overdose Epidemic

The American Medical Association (AMA) released a group of strategies intended to help states reduce drug overdose rates and “end” the opioid overdose epidemic. The strategies include eliminating prior authorization requirements, incentivizing positive behavior change, and enforcing state and federal laws on health plan parity of access to mental health and addiction disorder treatment.

The strategies were released in “State Toolkit to End the Nation’s Drug Overdose Epidemic.” The report was written by the AMA and Manatt Health. It builds on …

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