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.
Bill to Allow Licensed Acupuncturists to be Medicare Providers Introduced in House On May 9, Reps. Judy Chu (CA-28) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced the Acupuncture for Our Seniors Act of 2023. The Acupuncture for Our Seniors Act would increase access to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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,...
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 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...
New story in American Medical Association’s microsite, End the Epidemic People with acute and chronic pain, especially those who are underserved, face significant challenges accessing person-centered, multidisciplinary, comprehensive integrative pain management. This...
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,...
During Thanksgiving week, AHRQ issued a request for comment regarding their research protocol for integrated pain management programs. In response, AACIPM facilitated a December 15 call among coalition members to discuss. Thirty-five (35) people representing payors,...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to...
This timely information is being shared in case you have missed this and are interested. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released three draft reports that are available for public comment. These reviews assess scientific evidence published...