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Is Your Program Punitive? Fill Out a Grievance Report — It’s Time To Educate Them! Does Your Program Treat Patients With Dignity? Fill Out a Compliment Report — Let Them Know They are Appreciated! The Grievance Report Project is an ongoing project used to educate the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) community about quality treatment. Programs…

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Resources  Equal Parity On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. This puts in place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will roll out over four years and beyond. Health reform includes several key steps in the next 4 years. Medicaid will be expanded to allow more people at the lowest…

NAMA Advocate The Ombudsman NAMA Talk Vol.6 No.2   pdf format Special Focus: Treatment Access In Tough Economic Times. (Fall 2010) Vol.6 No.1   pdf format A New Name for a Revitalized Patient Advocacy Organization. (Winter 2010) Vol.5 No.1   pdf format AATOD Edition, Methadone Under Attack (Spring 2006) Vol.4 No.2   pdf format Accreditation…

USE OF HIGHER-DOSE METHADONE   By Sarz Maxwell MD & Marc Shinderman MD Center for Addictive Problems 609 N Wells Chicago IL 60610   Abstract   Using signs, symptoms and serum methadone levels to guide evaluation, we treated 188 patients in a methadone maintenance program with doses of methadone exceeding 100 mg/d.  The mean dose…

What Did You Do  For NAMA Today? Vermont Patient Denied Medication Despite Court Order Three years ago Keith Griggs, 40, was a strung out homeless addict. Today, after getting on a methadone program, Keith and his wife Tammy have worked hard at building a new life for themselves and their two children. Keith also just…