PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE: As the situation with COVID-19 rapidly evolves, SAMHSA is promoting the use of evidence-based resources and practices related to the virus. PCSS has collected a variety of resources you may find helpful while we all navigate this difficult healthcare crisis. PCSS also offers a discussion forum moderated by addiction specialists where health professionals can post questions and receive answers from clinical experts and other colleagues. For questions or concerns, email pcss@aaap.org.
PCSS provides evidence-based training and resources to give healthcare providers the skills and knowledge they need to treat patients with OUD. Join the dedicated health professionals who are making a difference in millions of lives.
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Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain
Half and Half Emergency Medicine MAT Waiver Training
Buprenorphine Prescribing by Nurse Practitioners: Background, Barriers, Facilitators, and Future Directions
Featured Events
PCSS Mentoring Program
PCSS provides clinical mentoring aimed at improving providers' confidence and skills in treating opioid use disorder and pain.
Simulated Training: Talk About OUD with Your Patients
Talk About Opioid Use Disorder with Your Patients: A Clinical Practice Simulation is a 30-minute interactive case-based training simulation offering best practices and evidence-based communication strategies to better equip primary care providers to address the needs of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD).
Turning lives around. Real stories about successful treatment.
Warm Hand-Off from ORN to PCSS Helps New York Practice Develop OUD Treatment Implementation
Madeline Haas, MD, a primary care provider for Albany Family Medicine, wanted to increase the number of opioid use disorder patients the practice treats, so she turned to the Opioid Response Network (ORN). ORN, a grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), provides localized technical assistance (TA) to state agencies, healthcare systems, communities and individuals.
Latest News
January 15, 2021
HHS Proposes to Eliminate MAT Waiver Requirement for Some Physicians
Eliminates X-Waiver Requirement for DEA-Registered Physicians
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is announcing it will publish Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Bup…
November 2, 2020
Pediatricians Issue Guidance on Opioid Use During Pregnancy
American Academy of Pediatrics Calls for Systemic, Coordinated and Holistic Approach to Help Mothers, Infants Affected by Opioid Crisis
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November 2, 2020
DEA Issues Interim Final Rule Clarifying MAT Dispensing
Implementation of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018: Dispensing and Administering Controlled Substances for Med…
