Governor Newsom has invested over $1 billion to tackle the crisisThrough CalRx, California will seek to manufacture its own NaloxoneMaster Plan provides comprehensive approach to save more lives SAN DIEGO COUNTY – Today, following a visit to the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Governor Gavin Newsom released his administration’s Master Plan for Tackling the Fentanyl and ...

On December 29, 2022, with the signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (the Act), Congress eliminated the “DATA-Waiver Program.” All DEA registrants should be aware of the following: A DATA-Waiver registration is no longer required to treat patients with buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. Going forward, all prescriptions for buprenorphine only require a standard DEA registration ...

After almost twenty years of intense medication specific government regulation buprenorphine is now just like other schedule III medications. The era of limited numbers of treatment slots that started at 30 patients per provider who had completed 8 hours of specific training, requirements to maintain lists of patients who received prescriptions and even in person visits ...

The CSAM News was recently published! Featured articles include Conference Photos, Like Minded Docs, President’s Message, CSAM 50th Anniversary Bash & More! Read More…

SACRAMENTO – The California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) is pleased to announce that SB 57 (Wiener) was passed by the California Senate on August 1, and now heads to Governor Gavin Newsom for…

The FDA has responded to Dr. Albanese’s letter to them from April 19, 2021. CLICK HERE to view the response!

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is committing to advancing…

The Newest Issue of the CSAM Newsletter is available. If you haven’t seen it yet, CLICK HERE to read it! This issue features the President’s message by CSAM President, Anthony Albanese; 2020 Public Policy Report; and Updates from the Education Committee!

Chicago, IL, November 30, 2020: The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) jointly announced today the American Board of Medical Specialties’ (ABMS) approval of a four-year extension of the practice… Click Here to Read the entire article.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an Interim Final Rule to clarify sections of the 2018 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. The provisions in the Rule seek to further expand providers’ abilities to prescribe medication assisted treatment (MAT) to individuals suffering from opioid use disorders. Key items addressed in the Rule include: Providers can prescribe MAT for up ...

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Winter 2019 CSAM Newsletter An Interview with CSAM’s New President Dr. Anthony Albanese – Pgs. 1-2; 7 Low Barrier Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder: A Feasible Strategy to Save Lives and Livelihoods – Pgs. 3; 11 CSAM Addiction Medicine Review Course and Board Exam Preparation Track 2019 – Pgs. 4-5 Timmen Cermak, MD Receives Vernelle Fox Award – Pg. ...

This past week Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB-919 (Petrie-Norris) which promises to crack down on financial conflicts-of-interest among rehab operators by limiting how they offer housing and transportation as inducements to treatment. It will require that laboratories that test blood or urine for drugs, or outpatient treatment programs that offer housing to clients, have separate housing contracts specifically ...

The California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) just released an update to its “Guidelines for Physicians Working in California Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs)” developed to provide an overview and discussion of the matters of clinical care that fall under the responsibility of the Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Medical Director and Program Physicians. The Guidelines were prepared and ...

Governor gets 4 bills that would crack down on addiction treatment scams, raise standards Link to article about these bills that appeared on 9/18/2019 in the Orange County Register CSAM’s co-sponsored bill, AB-920 (Petrie-Norris), is on the Governor’s desk to sign. This bill would require outpatient centers, which are now unsupervised by the state, to be licensed, regulated, and ...

CSAM News Spring 2019 President’s Message – Follow the Evidence The Death Certificate Project | CSAM President’s Testimony at the Medical Board of CA CSAM Leadership Development Retreat CSAM Addiction Medicine Review Course and Board Exam Preparation Track 2019 Funding Provides Scholarships for Mentored Learning Experiences at CSAM Addiction Medicine Review Course Call for CSAM Board of Directors Nominations CA Bridge Program ...

Please visit the CSAM Education center to watch the new MAT webinars: Real Cases of Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment: What to do and how to do it? featuring CSAM members, Soraya Azari, MD, Kenneth Saffier, MD, FASAM and Scott Steiger, MD, FACP, FASAM. Transdermal Buprenorphine for Induction of Patients with Co-Morbid Pain featuring CSAM members, Soraya Azari, MD and Tauheed Zaman, MD. These ...

CSAM Recommendations for Safe Opioid Prescribing Version 1.0 (03/01/19) Important Notes: These recommendations were initially developed by Kaiser Permanente and then modified and endorsed by Safe Med LA and on December 12, 2018 by the California Society of Addiction Medicine’s (CSAM) Committee on Opioids. They are based on recommendations and guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

CSAM News Winter 2018 President’s Message – CSAM’s Voice for Treatment is Being Heard California Leads U.S. with Highest Number of Addiction Medicine Fellowships Interested in Supporting Harm Reduction Efforts? A Call to Advocacy Editorial – End Discrimination Against Healthcare Providers with Substance Use Disorders MERF Hosts Record-Breaking Number of Scholars and Mentors at CSAM’s Annual Conference Swath of Bills Signed ...

Standards For Access To Addiction Medicine Services with Executive Summary Sept. 2018

CSAM News Spring 2018 President’s Message – What’s Ahead for CSAM in 2018? Applying Your Addiction Medicine Know-How CSAM Implements Grant to Expand Medication-Assisted Treatment in California Membership Update – Vote to Include Associate Members Passes CSAM Welcomes a New Education Director