This month, AACIPM partnered with IM4US and the University of Vermont to offer scholarships to providers caring for the underserved to attend the Integrative Pain Management Conference presented by the Osher Center for Integrative Health at UVM. Through this...
Resources
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.
Advocating for Person-Centered Pain Care During Cornell Workshop
The Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management (AACIPM) and National Pain Advocacy Center (NPAC) extend sincere gratitude to Cornell University for hosting an extremely timely and important workshop, Digital Pain Technologies: Promises and Problems,...
Year-End Report 2022
Advancing Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management What Matters to You? AACIPM's 2022 Highlights AACIPM connects multi-stakeholders with a shared interest in modifying policy and payment design to improve access to whole person pain care. Click on a topic to learn...
AACIPM 2021 Highlights: Year-End Review
Advancing Comprehensive Integrative Pain ManagementWhat Matters to You?AACIPM's 2021 Highlights AACIPM connects multi-stakeholders with a shared interest in modifying policy and payment design to improve access to whole person pain care. Click on a topic to learn...
CMS Responds to AACIPM’s Letter on Physician Fee Schedule
CMS Issues 2022 PFS, Delays Changes to Pain Coding but Directly Quotes AACIPM Letter CMS has released the final physician fee schedule for 2022, making updates to Medicare Part B payment policies, coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment...
AACIPM Promotes Deeper Understanding During Pain & Self Care Awareness Month
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
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
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...
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 recall, AHRQ posted the proposed research protocol for Integrated Pain Management Programs...
AACIPM 2020 Year-End Review
A Paradigm Shift to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management Year-End Review 2020 AACIPM's 2020 Highlights Click on each topic to learn more. (e.g., March Purchaser Focus Group, Benefit Design Workgroup, CO Testimony to DOI) (e.g., May Symposium,...
Spotlight: Carolyn Noel, Webmaster, AACIPM
Patient Resources: Not Just for “Newbies” On April 23, 2002, my life completely changed – in an instant. Prior to that date, I was a Marine who ran six miles a day and didn’t know the meaning of the word “can’t”. My military service did leave me with some chronic pain...
Spotlight: Duke and AACIPM are Aligned in Identifying Clinical Examples of Integrated Pain Management (IPM)
AACIPM unites many stakeholders who are leading important work to advance whole person oriented, integrative and integrated pain management. This includes Duke University where many of their leaders are focused on changing the paradigm in how pain management is being...
AACIPM’s First Symposium Builds Deeper “Community” Among Important Leaders
Leveraging Shared Interest in Advancing Person-Centered Pain ManagementOn May 13-14, 2020, AACIPM facilitated its first online symposium titled, Innovation & Progress in Person-Centered Pain Management. Over 950 individuals who represented different stakeholder...
National Alliance, AACIPM partner to help employers address pain management for employees
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions (National Alliance) and AACIPM have joined forces to help employers ensure safe, high-quality and affordable treatment options for pain management for their employees and family members.“Lost productivity, wage...
AACIPM, Pain Care Advocates to Present at NASW’s 2020 Conference on Best Practices in Pain Management
AACIPM and pain care advocates will present during the National Association of Social Workers' (NASW) Annual Conference in June. The presentation - "Best Practices at the Intersection of Pain Management, Opioid Use and Mental Health" - will bring together three...
Coming of the Light: AACIPM #2 in 2019 Integrator Top 10 for Policy and Action in Integrative Health and Medicine
Published by Integrator Blog News & Reports The Integrator Blog News & Reports annually marks the winter solstice with a Top 10 for Policy and Action in Integrative Health and Medicine—and AACIPM is #2. In the selection of the Top 10, “the accent is on...