AMA: All-hands-on-deck needed to end disturbing trends on overdose deaths

AMA says it is time for all-hands-on-deck to fight opioid epidemic CHICAGO—With a report issued…

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NCMSF’s Project OBOT Is Underway

Learning how to help those with substance use disorder by working as a team at the Project OBOT…

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Understanding the STOP Act and What It Means for You

Gov. Roy Cooper signed the STOP Act into law in June 2017. This Act seeks to address the opioid…

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Reminder: DMA’s Prior Approval Criteria for Opioid Analgesics Begins Sunday

Effective this Sunday, Aug. 27, prior approval will be required for opioid analgesic doses for N.C.…

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ALERT: Medicaid To Require Prior Approval for Some Opioid Dosing Beginning Aug. 27

Be aware that beginning Aug. 27, NCTracks will require prior approval for opioid analgesic doses…

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NC Medical Board Discusses STOP Act

North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) staff attended last week’s North Carolina Medical Board…

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What the STOP Act Means to You

On June 29, Gov. Roy Cooper signed the Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP) Act of 2017 into…

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Community Response to the Opioid Epidemic – SEACOEM Symposium Aug. 12-13

The President of the Southeastern Atlantic College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine…

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NCMS Board of Directors Considers STOP Act

At their regular bi-monthly meeting held Saturday, March 18 in Greenville, the North Carolina…

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Great Turnout for Opioid CME

Dr. Christopher Grubb leads the opioid prescribing training in Greenville. Fifty physicians turned…

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