As a member of AMS, the physician has access to our practice management team who offers experienced support with payers, guidance with employment contracts, and day-to-day practical solutions for medical practices. This access is also given to office manager and clinic staff, where they can take advantage of educational opportunities at a discounted rate. Areas of support that we frequently assist with include billing, coding, medical records, personnel issues and more.
Contact Tereasa Holmes, Director of Practice and Health Policy, for more information.
DEA Required Training
Beginning on June 27, 2023, DEA-registered physicians are now required to check a box on their online DEA registration form affirming that they have completed the new training requirement. Many states already require physicians and other medical professionals to complete CME hours on safer prescribing of opioids, but this new requirement asks physicians to have additional education on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders. Read the DEA training notice here.
The deadline to meet this new requirement is the date of a practitioner’s next scheduled DEA registration submission, but you do not have to complete the training in one session. The listed CME activities can be taken in any combination to fulfill the eight-hour requirement that applies to DEA-registered physicians. They cover areas such as:
- Safe opioid prescribing and management.
- Addiction treatment.
- Managing addiction in special populations.
- Preventing and managing opioid overdoses.
The following accredited courses are approved to meet the new requirement, and are available at no cost:
AMA EdHub – Opioid Therapy and Pain Management CME: Guidelines, Research and Treatments
PriMed – Pain Management CME/CE Courses
CDC Addiction Medicine Training Modules
New England Journal of Medicine Knowledge Center – Pain Management and Opioids:
The following courses are available for a fee:
The American Society of Addiction Medicine Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course
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