ASAM submitted its comments on the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, which focus on the two newly proposed payment bundles for the treatment of opioid use disorder, and a provision of the proposed rule that would permit CMS to revoke or deny Medicare enrollment for physicians and eligible professionals under certain circumstances.

ASAM submitted comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records which would expand the ability of law enforcement to access records protected by 42 CFR Part 2.

Physician leaders and other clinicians from the American Society of Addiction Medicine ASAM converged on Capitol Hill today to call on members of Congress to take bold, swift steps to reverse the course of the addiction and overdose crisis in the US by supporting key legislation that would close the gap in teaching, standardizing and covering addiction medicine.