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National Updates from Congress and HHS
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...
Spotlight: University Improves Care in Rural Communities with New Integrative Pain Management Curriculum
Dr. John Maye is a Professor and Pain Management Concentration Director for the University of South Florida, College of Nursing. He retired from the United States Navy in 2015 at the rank of Captain after serving for 27 years. A Navy Certified Registered Nurse...
Highlights from HHS and Congress – July 2021
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,...
Understanding Group Medical Visits for Chronic Pain
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...
Building a Repository of Exemplary Pain Management Programs
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...
Highlights from HHS Pain-Related Efforts – June 2021
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 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...
Bolstering Integrative Pain Workforce through Scholarships to UVM Conference
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...
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...
A Year Later: Talking about Telehealth with Twillman
The AACIPM team thought it would be interesting to ask Bob Twillman, PhD, FACLP, Pain Management Psychologist, Saint Luke's Health System, some follow up questions about how telehealth has evolved one year after his last post on the topic. Through the questions, we...
Connecting the Dots: IOM (Now NAM), CARA 3.0 and Whole Person, Multidisciplinary Pain Management
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...
Spotlight: Kate Nicholson and the National Pain Advocacy Center
an interview with Kate Nicholson, President & Founder, NPAC What is the National Pain Advocacy Center? The National Pain Advocacy Center (NPAC) is new nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the health and human rights of people with pain. It is an...
Free Yoga Initiative Begins 3/6 + New Long COVID
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). ...
AMA’s story Texas FQHC Develops Integrative Model for People with Pain | Advocacy Efforts to Improve Access
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...
Spotlight Patricia Herman, RAND: Four Papers Focus on Patient Use of Provider-Based Nonpharmacological Care for Chronic Spinal Pain
We asked AACIPM Advisory Committee member, Patricia Herman, ND, PhD, Senior Behavioral Specialist, RAND Corporation, why this series was created. "Our hope was to provide some real-world information to payers regarding how patients use ongoing provider-based care for...
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,...
70+ Signed Response to AHRQ Protocol on Integrated Pain Management Programs
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,...
CO Public Meeting with Insurance Commissioner Held on 10.21.20
AACIPM collaborated with stakeholders in support of CO House Bill 20-1085. “When patients are able to receive the types of care proposed in HB 20-1085, physical therapy, occupational therapy, chiropractic and acupuncture, they improve faster and the costs associated...
Aligning Shared Priorities for Equity in Access to Quality Pain Care
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,...
The Connector – Spotlight: Acupuncture Medicine Cultural Competency
The NCCAOM and ASA Acupuncture Medicine Cultural Competency Task Force (AMCCTF), co-chaired by Afua Bromley, MSOM, LicAc, Dipl Ac (NCCAOM), NCCAOM immediate past chair and LiMing Tseng, MAcOM, LicAc, Dipl OM (NCCAOM), ASA Board Member at Large, was formed to help...
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