Recently, U.S. Pain has seen a number of bills that propose placing a tax on opioids in order to fund efforts to...
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Take action on proposed changes to pain assessmment survey
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed concerning changes to key pain management questions...
U.S. Pain volunteers take swift action at federal level
U.S. Pain volunteers mobilized quickly this month to respond to two problematic proposals at the national level: one...
Action needed today on CMS proposal
Many patients with chronic pain are concerned about the unintended consequences of the Centers for Medicare and...
VA restricts opioids for veterans and military service members
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) recently released new opioid prescribing...
CMS publishes new strategy to combat opioid misuse
On Jan. 5, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published a new, 30-page proposal for curbing opioid...