American Psychological Association Accepting Public Comment on Draft Guidelines for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Adults The American Psychological Association (APA) is currently accepting public comments on its Draft APA Clinical Practice Guideline for the...
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.
National Updates – September 2023
CDC Releases Guidance on Nonopioid Therapies for Pain Management In order to aid clinicians and health systems working to implement their 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, the CDC has published an informational webpage about...
National Updates – May 2023
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...
National Updates – February 2023
NCCIH Releases Summary of the Stakeholder Meeting for Research on Whole Person HealthAs a follow-up to their October meeting, NCCIH has released a meeting summary of their Stakeholder Meeting for Research on Whole Person Health. The meeting, which was attended by...
National Updates – October 2022
AACIPM Participated in the NCCIH Stakeholder Meeting for Research on Whole Person Health As a first step in furthering research on whole person health, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) along with a number of others, held a workshop...
National Updates – August 2022
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...
National Updates – July 2022
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...
National Updates – November 2021
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...
Advanced by Passage of CARA, Veterans Connected to Whole Health Increased by 193%
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...