Advocacy/Policy

Responding to the Opioid Epidemic Through Education, Patient Care, and Research. (October 2018)The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) includes many resources in the form of webinars on various opioid related topics, Capitol Hill briefings and updates from efforts to convene educators to highlight innovative practices and assisting meeting needs.
SAMHSA Press Release: SAMHSA Reaffirms Efforts to Address the Public Health Emergency on the Opioid Crisis (October 26, 2017). This page provides details on President Trump’s declaration of the opioid crisis as a public health emergency. It describes five specific strategies that the Department of Health and Human Services is implementing.
Issue Brief: Medicaid and the Opioid Epidemic: Enrollment, Spending, and the Implications of Proposed Policy Changes, The Kaiser Family Foundation (July 2017). Medicaid and the Opioid Epidemic: Enrollment, Spending, and the Implications of Proposed Policy Changes.
Report: Protecting Our Infants Act Report to Congress (January 19, 2017)