Fulfill Your MATE Act Training Requirements with Free Courses

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released guidance on the Medications Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act and its requirements.

According to the guidance, all DEA-registered practitioners must complete 8 hours of MATE Act training on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders. Practitioners must complete this training before renewing their DEA license on or after Tuesday, June 27, 2023, to meet MATE Act requirements.

Free Courses

As a complimentary benefit of your participation in The Physician’s Trust, you can access numerous programs that fulfill the MATE Act training requirements through NetCE. Members can use an exclusive code.

Take this course to fulfill the full 8-hour education requirement:

95300 Substance Use Disorders and Pain Management: MATE Act Training 8 hours

or

If you have previously completed any of the following continuing education courses through The Physician’s Trust online training portal, NetCE, you can use any of the courses below toward fulfillment of the 8-hour training requirement.

The courses include:

• 95211 Responsible Prescribing of Controlled Substances: The Louisiana Requirement
• 91042 Developing a Safe Opioid Treatment Plan for Managing Chronic Pain
• 95500 Opioid Safety: Balancing Benefits and Risks
• 96963 Opioid Use Disorder
• 95141 Optimizing Opioid Safety and Efficacy
• 97280 Pain Management Pearls: Opioids and Culture
• 91602 Prescribing Opioids, Providing Naloxone, and Preventing Drug Diversion: The West Virginia Requirement
• 95131 Prescription Opioids and Pain Management: The Tennessee Guidelines
• 91412 Prescription Opioids: Risk Management and Strategies for Safe Use
• 95151 Responsible and Effective Opioid Prescribing
• 91152 Strategies for Appropriate Opioid Prescribing: The Florida APRN/PA
• 96563 Alcohol and Alcohol Use Disorders
• 91784 Smoking and Secondhand Smoke
• 96973 Cannabis and Cannabis Use Disorders
• 96944 Cocaine Use Disorder
• 96953 Methamphetamine Use Disorder

Questions? Please contact Vice President of Safety and Risk Stacie Jenkins for more information.