Collaborative Events
AACIPM regularly hosts original symposia, and shares information about other relevant conferences, to achieve our alliance’s collective goal of increasing access to high-quality, affordable, whole health pain management. These events have generated a multitude of helpful resources (below) for people living with pain, providers, insurers, large purchasers of healthcare, academia, researchers, and government agencies who are in need of practical information, data, and the latest trends related to comprehensive integrative pain management.
AACIPM Webinar
Exploring Equitable, Scalable, Value-Based Pain Care Delivery
On behalf of the Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management and the US Pain Foundation, we invite you to view this lively and constructive discussion about the intersection of payer policies and value-based care delivery for high-impact pain.
In light of CMS’ laudable goal for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to be in value-based care relationships by 2030, we took a deeper dive to explore the real-world impact of this goal and the paths toward successful implementation. This program looks into the most recent pain management codes released by CMS in January 2023 and how these are playing out in various clinical settings. Further, our esteemed panelists (see their bios) each bring a unique perspective and practical expertise to the conversation with an understanding of the nuances of how payer policies impact clinical—and scalable—implementation of pain care policy.
AACIPM Webinar
Realities, Research & Rethinking Person-Centered Integrative Pain Management
Realities, Research & Rethinking
Person-Centered, Integrative Pain Management
Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 11:30-1:00PM CDT
Most stakeholders agree that a person-centered, multimodal, integrative approach to pain care is best practice – and most clinical guidelines recommend that a non-pharmacological treatment should be tried first. Yet, this approach to care remains elusive for many people based on numerous pain realities.
This webinar brings together perspectives from people with pain, research, clinical practice and payers to discuss innovation and progress in their field and how to keep people with pain at the center of this care.
AACIPM Webinar
Innovation in Equitable, Whole Person, Multimodal Pain Management
AACIPM launched a series on Innovation and Progress.
Our focus is to connect the dots to advance equitable, whole person, multimodal, integrative pain management. This series will include panel discussions, interviews, and resources that explore some cutting-edge innovations related to pain care with a particular focus to support those interested in integrating more complementary and integrative health (CIH) and behavioral therapies into their practice, payment designs, and policies.
Join us for our first session on October 3 from 11:00-12:30pm CDT, titled, “Innovation in Advancing Equitable, Whole Person, Multimodal Pain Care.”
ACIMH Congress 2022
Advancing Healthcare Together: Inclusive. Informed. Integrative
AACIPM was honored to participate in the International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health 2022, held in Phoenix, Arizona, May 23-26. This Congress was convened by the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health.
Historically, more than 1,000 researchers, educators, clinicians and trainees from around the world attend. Robert Bonakdar, MD, FAAFP, FACN, Director of Pain Management, Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine and Amy Goldstein, MSW, Director, AACIPM, organized this session along with fabulous panelists.
IM4US 2021 Virtual Conference
Decolonizing Medicine: Toward Equity and Inclusivity in Integrative Healthcare
September 23-25, 2021
AACIPM was honored to participate in the IM4US 2021 Virtual Conference. Following a year of worldwide activism, this conference theme of Decolonizing Medicine: Toward Equity and Inclusivity in Integrative Healthcare was chosen to reflect a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and social activism. IM4US has encouraged voices often unheard in integrative medicine to present this year resulting in a tremendous response with nearly 60 sessions and over 100 presenters in our Conference Program. This conference was held virtually from September 23 – 25.
AACIPM put together an important panel presentation, Advancing Integrative Pain Management Through Collaboration and Advocacy, on September 24 from 4:00-5:30pm, that is part of the Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine track at the conference (see conference schedule).
AACIPM Webinar on KnoWEwell Live
Bridging Self Care and Comprehensive Pain Management in Program and Payment Designs
September 28, 2021
September is Awareness Month for Pain, Self Care, and Suicide Prevention. AACIPM collaborated with many partners to spread awareness and deepen connections and understanding across the stakeholders. The 90-minute webinar, Bridging Self Care and Comprehensive Pain Management in Program and Payment Designs, was held on September 28 from 12:30-2:00 pm ET (free registration).
We are grateful to collaborators, Whole Health Institute, Midwest Business Group on Health, The Pain Community, and University of Vermont Comprehensive Pain Program, and KnoWEwell Live for hosting the webinar.
UVM Integrative Health Presents Integrative Pain Management Conference
Bolstering Integrative Pain Workforce through Scholarships to UVM Conference
May 7, 2021
9:00am-4:00pm ET
We are excited to promote this important conference presented by UVM Integrative Health and hosted by the University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences. This conference is designed to meet the needs of an interdisciplinary health care community.
Numerous breakout sessions provided quality, practical information. The final plenary session explored the national landscape of comprehensive integrative pain management and included AACIPM’s Amy Goldstein, MSW, Christine Goertz, DC, PhD, Duke University, and Samantha Simmons, MPH, Whole Health in the States initiative. You can view Amy’s slides here.
AACIPM was thrilled to collaborate with IM4US and UVM to provide scholarships to providers caring for the underserved, who would have been unable to attend without this support.
Innovation & Progress in Person-Centered Pain Management
May 13-14, 2020
The Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management’s (AACIPM) virtual symposium, Innovation & Progress in Person-Centered Pain Management, was held on May 13-14, 2020. This two-day symposium includes a careful sampling of the nation’s leading examples of innovation and progress which support advancing a cultural shift to evidence-informed, whole-person-oriented pain management featuring multi-disciplinary, team-based approaches.
Equity in Access to Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management for People with Chronic Pain
September 24, 2020
11:00am-3:30pm ET
For Pain Awareness Month in September, AACIPM hosted this forum in partnership with the US Pain Foundation. This approximately 4-hour symposium examines the practical realities for people with chronic pain in the safety net and beyond.
Behavioral Health as Part of Comprehensive Pain Care and Payment Design for People with Pain
November 12, 2020
12:00pm-2:30pm ET
This 2.5-hour symposium was hosted by the Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management in partnership with the American Psychological Association. The program examines behavioral health as part of a comprehensive approach to pain management from the perspectives of providers, people with pain, payors and purchasers of healthcare.
Canadian and U.S. Veterans’ Leading Experts Unite for New Series about Chronic Pain Best Practices
November 18 & 25 and December 2 & 9, 2020
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