MACS provides support to Maryland prescribers and their practices in addressing the needs of their patients with substance use disorders and chronic pain management.
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Projected Deaths of Despair from COVID-19
Deaths of despair have been on the rise for the last decade, and in the context of COVID-19, deaths of despair should be seen as the epidemic within the pandemic. As we create teams to test, track and trace COVID-19 infections, we must also test, track, trace, and treat patients suffering from mental health and substance use disorders
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SCOPE of Pain Micro-cases Podcast Series
Dr. Daniel Alford, course director for Boston University School of Medicine's SCOPE of Pain safer opioid prescribing program, shares more than 20 years' experience as a general internist along with his personal understanding of the complexities, communication challenges, risks, and benefits of prescribing opioids for patients with chronic pain. Additional questions about patients with chronic pain can be answered by a MACS Consultant by calling 1-855-337-MACS.
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Double Jeopardy: COVID-19 and Behavioral Health Disparities for Black and Latino Communities in the U.S.
Strategies are needed to prevent disruption of substance use treatment and recovery services, increase capacity for telehealth, and support individuals with substance use disorders and serious mental illnesses who have COVID-19. Providing treatment through telemental health services is one solution.
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Medication for Opioid Use Disorder: A National Survey of Primary Care Physicians
Study suggests that despite efforts to expand treatment for opioid use disorder with medication, some physicians in primary care settings remain reluctant to support medication as a treatment option. Call 1-855-337-MACS for support in treating patients with substance use disorders.
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HOLIDAYS | The MACS line will be closed:
Independence Day (observed) - Friday, July 3, 2020
Labor Day - Monday, September 7, 2020
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Get to know the MACS team! Each month, we will feature a member of the MACS team via the #
MACSpotlight.
Last month we featured our newest MACS Consultant, Dr. Sarah Merritt.
Follow us on social media for the next #MACSpotlight on Friday, 6/19.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020 | 12 pm - 1 pm
Live webinar, free CME credit
Presented by MACS Consultant, Aaron Greenblatt, MD
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PCSS Half & Half Waiver Training
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Thursday, June 4, 2020 | 12:30 pm - 5 pm
Live, virtual event, free CME credit
Presented by MACS Consultant, Christopher Welsh, MD
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Opioid prescribing in primary care clinics:
Where are we now?
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Tuesday, June 9 2020 | 12 pm - 1 pm
Live webinar, free CME credit
Presented by MACS Pain Management Consultant,
Sarah Merritt, MD
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May Webinars
Visit the MACS Webinar Archive
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The Opioid Crisis and the Black/African American Population: An Urgent Issue
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Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids
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