On Jan. 5, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published a new, 30-page proposal for curbing opioid...
Month: January 2017 Articles
Cindy Steinberg featured in The Boston Globe, selected for AAPM honor
National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg has had a busy month. On Jan. 3, she was featured in a Boston...
U.S. Pain speaks out on potential ACA repeal, FDA biosimilars naming guidelines
U.S. Pain Foundation spoke out on two important federal issues this month with articles in the National Pain...
Shaina Smith presents at Summit on Balanced Pain Management
Patient advocates, clinicians, administrators, policymakers, and other experts in pain and addiction medicine came...
NY approves medicinal marijuana for chronic pain
On Dec. 2, the State of New York announced it would include chronic pain as a qualifying condition for medical...
Medicare Part B demo defeated
U.S. Pain celebrated a cautious victory this month after the defeat of a controversial Medicare Part B proposal that...
21st Century Cures Act becomes law
A federal bill two years in the making, the 21st Century Cures Act, was signed into law Dec. 13 by President Obama....