NAMA wishes to thank
the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment (CSAT) for their Support of Certified Methadone Advocate
Training at the 2003 AATOD Conference in Washington DC.
NAMA wishes to offer
special thanks to Mallinckrodt
and American Association for the Treatment
of Opioid Dependence (AATOD).
National Alliance of Methadone Advocates The President’s Office Joycelyn Woods Update on Regulations Countdown to Official Date 3-year Period of Transition Begins: May 17, 2001
Recertify for Your Medication Assisted Treatment Advocate (CMA) About Recertification We have had many persons who are certified contact us about recertification. Previously the only way to recertify was to take the training again. There have been some CMAs who saw their certification as so valuable that they have taken the training again. Steps to…
AMTA Conference 2000 American Methadone Treatment Association April 9-12, 2000 San Francisco Preconference Meeting How Can We Develop and Strengthen Patient Advocacy Groups? Day: Sunday Date: April 9, 2000 Time: 1 – 5 PM Moderator: John Finger, TexNAMA Presenters: Joycelyn Woods, NAMA Diane Fleury-Seaman, MALTA Fred Christie, AFIRM James DePasquale, Membership Director/Chapter Coordinator of NAMA…
Title 42–Public Health CHAPTER I–PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PART 8–CERTIFICATION OF OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS Subpart A–Accreditation Sec. 8.1 Scope. 8.2 Definitions. 8.3 Application for approval as an accreditation body. 8.4 Accreditation body responsibilities. 8.5 Periodic evaluation of accreditation bodies. 8.6 Withdrawal of approval of accreditation bodies. Subpart B–Certification and Treatment Standards 8.11 Opioid treatment program certification. 8.12 Federal…
Not just in substance abuse, mental health, and AIDS services do methadone patients face routine discrimination. San Francisco MUNI will not allow methadone patients to drive its buses, even though an important legal ruling in New York overturned a similar policy (Beazer vs New York City Transit Authority, 1975). Not just in those instances but…
Education Series Number 7 August 2003 (Revised) What is Managed Care? Managed care is a complex system that involves the active coordination of, and the arrangement for, the provision of health services and coverage of health benefits. The most common types of Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) include Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)…
