To reset your password:

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3. Enter your email address in the box provided and click "continue"
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If you have forgotten the email address associated with your ASAM account please contact the ASAM offices at 301.656.3920 between the hours of 9 pm - 5 pm, Mon - Fri Eastern Time. DO NOT create a new account as this can disrupt your e-Learning Center transcripts and membership status.

Don't panic!  There are two easy solutions to this problem.

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Use ASAM's online physician directory feature. If you would like to see all the physicians in a state, type in the two-letter state abbreviation in the box labeled "Business Address State Code." If you would like to see all the specialists in a particular zip code, enter the desired zip code in the box labeled "Business Address Postal Code." There is no need to fill in any of the other boxes unless you are searching for a specific provider. 

*Please note that this feature only lists members who have given ASAM permission to list their names.

Once you have identified a physician member, you should visit the AMA website or the yellow pages to get contact information.

You can also access a list of ASAM Chapters around the world and their representatives through the ASAM's Chapter pages.

ASAM members are offered expanded listings of other ASAM members using the directory feature.

You can visit the webpage for College of Academic Addiction Medicine (formerly ABAM)'s verification portal, type in your physician's name and location information in the provided boxes on the right-hand side of the screen, and click "find".

For MD's: To view the available pathways to the official American Board of Medical Specialties ADM certification, visit ASAM’s Certification HubGuide or contact the American Board of Preventive Medicine for more information.

For DO's: To view the available pathways to addiction medicine certification, visit the American Osteopathic Association for more information.

For NP's and RN’s: To view the available pathways for advanced certification medicine and nursing for licensed Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses, view the Center for Nursing Education and Testing, the International Nurses Society or the Addictions Nursing Certification Board.

After enactment of the CAA, there are no longer limitations, under federal law, on the number of patients with OUD that a practitioner may treat with buprenorphine. On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the CAA which expanded patient access to medications for OUD. Specifically, Pub. L. No. 117-328, div. FF, tit. I(B), ch. 6, § 1262(a)(1), 136 Stat. 4459, 5681 (2022) amended the Controlled Substances Act by repealing the "DATA-Waiver" requirement codified in 21 U.S.C. 823(g)(2), which had previously imposed limits or patient caps on the number of OUD patients a prescriber may treat with buprenorphine. These limits were previously outlined at 21 U.S.C. 823(g)(2)(B)(iii), and allowed qualified practitioners to treat up to 30, 100, or 275 patients at one time. EO-DEA263, DEA-DC-066, March 21, 2023.

For information on applying for a buprenorphine waiver notification for 30, 100 and 275 patients, please visit our Buprenorphine Waiver Management webpage.

You're probably asking about this because you are concerned about the percentage of dues that are not tax deductible. ASAM is a 501c(3) organization, therefore, the non-deductibility rules do not apply to our organization.

To find out whether all or a portion of your dues are tax deductible, please seek advice from your accountant.

The easiest way for jobseekers to search for physician positions, broken down into four easy steps:

• Login to your career center account (if you already have one established); otherwise go to http://careers.asam.org/jobs
• Click on the 'discipline' link in the search section (screen shot below):

• This will open the disciplines section.  You can now click on the 'physicians/surgeons' discipline, which will then move it up to the 'active filters' section (screen shot below):

• This will narrow it down to only positions posted under that discipline. You can narrow it down more by using 'state'province' / 'education' etc. When selecting 'MD' under 'education' this will narrow it down to results for the jobseeker.

No, but many state medical societies offer medical liability policies. Please check your state medical association website to find out if they have a relationship with an agency that offers coverage.

The Medical Professional Liability Association is the insurance industry trade association that represents a full range of entities doing business in the medical professional liability (MPL) arena. These include domestic and international MPL insurance companies, risk retention groups, captives, trusts, and other entities.

SBIRT and ASAM Criteria Level 0.5 are closely related though not fully congruent in the following ways:

1. SBIRT is meant to encourage screening of all patients to rule out or in the possibility of a substance use disorder (SUD) regardless of whether there may be the appearance of a substance-related risk or problem.
2. Level 0.5 was designed to provide education, risk advice and services to people who may be at more specific risk of developing a SUD because they may already have had a substance-related problem e.g., a DUI or may be at risk e.g., experimenting with substances and lives in a family with addiction issues.
3. With SBIRT the person may have come for healthcare or mental health services for something unrelated to substance use, but because even people with some awareness of a substance problem have trouble reaching out for help; or may not even be aware of a substance problem, then SBIRT can help identify and prevent full blown addiction.
4. Level 0.5 clients would most likely have been identified as having some risk for a SUD by virtue of some substance use already and other circumstances and vulnerabilities that brings them to the attention of a 0.5 provider e.g., a DUI, school or work problems, family history and their living environment.

David Mee-Lee, M.D.
Chief Editor, ASAM PPC-2R
dmeelee@changecompanies.net
5/15/2011

As of October 15, 2018, ASAM has partnered with the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) to offer an ASAM level of care certification for addiction treatment programs. After refinement of ratable elements during a two-step pilot process in 2019 and early 2020, The ASAM Level of Care Certification™ was launched nationwide on June 1, 2020. Following the development of the ASAM Criteria and CONTINUUM Decision Engine, certification is the next critical step to support the implementation of standardized care based on nationally established standards. The ASAM Level of Care Certification™ supports federal and state initiatives to increase access to safe and effective residential addiction treatment, including the 1115 Substance Use Disorder Demonstrations and pending federal legislation.

This partnership links ASAM’s addiction treatment expertise with CARF’s accreditation knowledge to certify that treatment centers can offer care in line with The ASAM Criteria for a given level of care (at this time only levels 3.1, 3.5, and 3.7). Levels of care have been included in the recently passed federal opioid legislative package. This certification ensures that The ASAM Criteria are properly applied to achieve the best patient outcomes possible. It also allows patients, their families, and payors to identify addiction treatment programs that will best support treatment and recovery. For more information, please see ASAM's LOC page. 

The respected DFASAM title is only granted every other year to select ASAM physician members for their significant contributions to the Society and to the field of addiction medicine. Join the distinguished ranks of some of your colleagues by receiving recognition for your considerable professional efforts.

The 2023 Distinguished Fellow application will open June 15, 2022 and close August 15, 2022. See our Distinguished Fellows page for more information, including the criteria for becoming a Distinguished Fellow and a list of current ASAM Distinguished Fellows.

In January 2019, the ASAM Board of Directors approved a policy on the Use and Maintenance of the Distinguished Fellow (DFASAM) Designation which will serve to provide clear direction and be the authoritative reference to consult when questions or issues arise.  Click here for more details.

Click here for ASAM’s “Definition of Addiction.

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As a named provider in Section 1263 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, ASAM recommends the following courses to meet the DEA requirement for 8 hours of education on SUD:

• Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine (8 hours)
• Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (8 hours)
• Pain & Addiction: Essentials Online (6 hours)
• Moving Beyond the barriers of Treating OUD (3 hours)
• OUD Mini-Course: Treatment in the Emergency Department (1 hour)
• Buprenorphine Mini-Course: Building on Federal Prescribing Guidance (1 hour)

See the eLearning Center for more education options to fulfill this training requirement.