AACIPM website includes a repository of resources that support the mission to advance access to equitable, whole person, multimodal, guideline-concordant integrative pain management.
More resources and publications will be coming soon. If you have suggestions about relevant resources that should be included, please contact Amy Goldstein.
On September 6, 2022, AACIPM submitted a set of eight recommendations related to comprehensive pain management services to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) related to the proposed 2023 Physician Fee Schedule. Issued in response to CMS’ newly...
AHRQ Seeks Public Comment on Cervical Degenerative Disease Treatment The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is seeking public comment related to treatments for cervical degenerative disease. The agency is seeking answers to a long list of key and contextual...
To promote both Pain Awareness Month and Self Care Awareness Month in September and beyond, AACIPM will be collaborating with many partners to spread awareness and deepen connections and understanding across the stakeholders. We believe quality pain care is about...
After much anticipation, Optum Labs is releasing exciting new research related to the vast disparities in pain care that exist across geographically dissimilar zip codes in the United States: Geographic variation in the treatment of spinal disorders:...
Intended for use by educators, healthcare professionals, students and administrators, and consumers of health care and policy advocates interested in a healthcare system that is collaborative, team-based, patient-centered and focused on disease prevention, health and...
One pagers on: Acupuncture Therapy for Acute Pain; Chiropractic & Osteopathic Move Therapies; Clinical Guidelines for Low Back Pain; Massage Therapy for Acute Surgical Pain; Massage Therapy for Chronic Pain; Massage Therapy in the Treatment & Management of...
One pager to help primary care clinicians and their patients with the Surgeon General's "Turn the Tide" campaign.
The Consortium Pain Task Force White Paper (2018). On January 1, 2018, the Joint Commission’s revised pain standard included nonpharmacologic options for pain as a scorable element of performance. In support of the Joint Commission’s decision the Consortium’s Pain...
The Academic Consortium Pain Task Force White Paper Update (2022). Review of 22 systematic reviews, 17 with meta-analyses of acupuncture in acute pain settings, and a review for acute pain in the intensive care unit. Determines that the majority of reviews found...
US Military Updates Practice Guideline on the Management of Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense have released an update to their joint guideline on managing pain: Use of Opioids in the Management of...
CMS Takes Action on AACIPM Recommendations Regarding Bundled Payments for Integrative Pain Management In an exciting turn of events, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have released a draft of the Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 for public...
In an exciting turn of events, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) have released a draft of the Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 for public comment—and it is clear that the collective efforts of AACIPM and its member organizations on the 2022 PFS have...
Supreme Court Refuses to Expand Criminal Liability in Opioid Prescribing Cases The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously held that physicians who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances can only be convicted for violating the Controlled Substances Act when they...
AACIPM Provides NCCIH with List of Determinants for Whole Person Health Over the last few months, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) has been accepting public comments as it seeks to define a set of key Determinants for Whole Person...
Over the last few months, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) has been accepting public comments as it seeks to define a set of key Determinants for Whole Person Health. NCCIH is aiming to identify a set of just twenty factors that...
NIH Pain Consortium Symposium to Highlight Whole Person Health Approach for Pain Management on June 1st and 2ndThis year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pain Consortium Annual Symposium on Advances in Pain Research will focus on “Pain Management Through the...
AACIPM participated in its first International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health 2022, held in Phoenix, Arizona, May 23-26. This Congress was convened by the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health.Robert Bonakdar, MD, FAAFP, FACN, Director...
Connecting the Dots at the International Congress in Phoenix AACIPM participated in its first International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health 2022, held in Phoenix, Arizona, May 23-26. This Congress was convened by the Academic Consortium for Integrative...
NCCIH Requests Information on Determinants for Whole Person Health The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is soliciting public comment as it seeks to define a set of key determinants of health that address factors that can influence...
AACIPM has partnered with AOTA to help the vast array of multidisciplinary pain management practitioners to better understand the function of occupational therapy, when it may be appropriate for patients, and how it works synergistically with other therapies. AACIPM...