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 Releases Report on Pain Management Research from the HEAL Initiative Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have released an overview of the pain research programs within the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL...
On February 21st and 22nd, the NIH HEAL Initiative brought together HEAL funded researchers, federal officials, people with lived experience, and other stakeholders to share research findings, explore trends and shared interests, and identify opportunities to advance...
Congress Expands Access to Non-Opioid Pain Management by Passing the NOPAIN Act The NOPAIN Act has been passed by Congress in a direct push to address outdated federal reimbursement policies in an effort to combat the opioid crisis through increased utilization of...
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...
Congress Considers Payment for Non-opioids in the NOPAIN ActThe Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation Act (NOPAIN Act) has been introduced in the Senate. If passed, this bill would temporarily establish Medicare reimbursement for a period of five years for...
CDC Releases Opioid Guideline for Public Comment The CDC has officially released the draft CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids—United States, 2022. The docket is now open for public comment, and it will remain open until April 11, 2022. In order to...
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...
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 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,...
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,...
To grow and strengthen the CIPM workforce, particularly in underserved communities, AACIPM, in collaboration with Integrative Medicine for the Underserved and the University of Vermont, provided 30 diverse practitioners with scholarships to attend The UVM Integrative...
Thanks to a directive in CARA (2016), the Veterans Administration radically changed its approach to health care and is piloting the Whole Health Initiative in 18 sites.In April 2021, the Veterans Administration released initial findings from this pilot showing an...
by Amy Goldstein, MSW, Director, AACIPM What is CARA and how does it relate to the work of AACIPM and whole health pain management?Let’s connect some dots to help our AACIPM readers understand how the federal policy called “CARA” is connected to our work, and to...
Colleagues, This e-bulletin was developed with expert input from Body Politic, one of the partners of the just-announced Long COVID Alliance, in order to share an important initiative from one of our partners, International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). ...
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,...
A summary of AACIPM's September symposiumDuring AACIPM’s fall symposium, Equity in Access to Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management for People with Chronic Pain, the agenda included many important leaders who are striving to align coverage policy, network design,...
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...