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.
NIH HEAL Initiative Announces Funding Opportunities Related to Health Equity in Pain Management, Myofascial Pain, and Sickle Cell Disease The HEAL Initiative from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released information on a number of funding opportunities...
October is Patient-Centered Care Awareness MonthOctober is Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month, bringing with it another reminder about the importance of keeping people with pain at the center of what we do. Comprehensive integrative pain management is, inherently,...
AccendoWave is an exciting new system that uses machine learning technology to objectively measure and manage pain without relying on the current standard of subjective pain data. Harnessing active comfort management technology through use of a tablet computer, EEG...
Updates from HHS AHRQ Releases Systematic Review of Interventional Treatments for Acute and Chronic Pain The Evidence-based Practice Center Program at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has completed and released their evidence review of...
AACIPM Promotes Deeper Understanding During Pain & Self Care Awareness Month In honor of Pain and Self Care Awareness Month, AACIPM spent the month of September collaborating with our partners to spread awareness and deepen connections and understanding regarding...
AACIPM Issues Recommendations to CMS on Payment for Pain Care Services In response to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule regarding changes to the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, AACIPM submitted a letter to CMS outlining the...
The result of this effort was shared agreement across multi-stakeholder leaders representing payers, providers, patients In response to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule regarding changes to the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule,...
AACIPM is Promoting Pain and Self Care Awareness Month in September Health Care Includes Self Care™ To promote both Pain Awareness Month and Self Care Awareness Month, AACIPM will be collaborating with many partners to spread awareness and deepen connections and...
New Study Proves Benefits of Teaching Patients Self Care, Provider Education Available A recent study of 263 adults with chronic low-back pain has shown that patients who take a single 2-hour pain relief skills class show clinically meaningful reductions in pain...
CARA 3.0 Begins Long Journey Toward Passage The House of Representatives has begun work on the third iteration of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, known this time around as the CARA 3.0 Act of 2021. The House introduced CARA 3.0, also known as HR 4341, in...
AACIPM is pleased to share that the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery have released the second of four case studies emanating from their 2020-21 Roundtable on Integrated Pain Management. Their second case study...
AACIPM is Promoting Pain and Self Care Awareness Month in September Health Care Includes Self Care™ To promote both Pain Awareness Month and Self Care Awareness Month, AACIPM will be collaborating with many partners to spread awareness and deepen connections and...
Dr. John Maye is a Professor and Pain Management Concentration Director for the University of South Florida, College of Nursing. He retired from the United States Navy in 2015 at the rank of Captain after serving for 27 years. A Navy Certified Registered Nurse...
AACIPM acts as a connector, even between staff at Health & Human Services (HHS) agencies, who tell us they appreciate being kept abreast of what each specific agency is doing as it relates to pain care. This section is intended to help synthesize HHS highlights,...
Understanding Group Medical Visits for Chronic Pain AACIPM recently had a conversation with Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH, and Jeffrey Geller, MD. We spoke to them about the new Integrated Center for Group Medical Visits, group medical visits for persons living with chronic...
AACIPM recently had a conversation with Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH, and Jeffrey Geller, MD. We spoke to them about the new Integrated Center for Group Medical Visits, group medical visits for persons living with chronic pain, how group visits can address inequities in...
AACIPM Submits Second Response to AHRQ on Integrated Pain Management Programs Systematic Review On June 21, AACIPM submitted a collective response to AHRQ during the comment period for their systematic review related to integrated pain management programs. As you may...
Duke Presents the First of Four Case Studies on Integrated Pain Management AACIPM is pleased to share that Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy and Duke Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine have released the first of four case studies emanating from their 2020-21...
AACIPM acts as a connector, even between staff at Health & Human Services (HHS) agencies, who tell us they appreciate being kept abreast of what each specific agency is doing as it relates to pain care. This section is intended to help synthesize HHS highlights,...
On June 21, AACIPM submitted a collective response to AHRQ during the comment period for their systematic review related to integrated pain management programs. As you may recall, AHRQ posted the proposed research protocol for Integrated Pain Management Programs...