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Advocacy Articles
U.S. Pain Foundation’s Docket Comments to the FDA on the Development of Non-Opioid Analgesics for Acute Pain
The U.S. Pain Foundation recently submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to its...
U.S. Pain Foundation’s Comments on the 2022 Revised Draft CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids
Note: The following has been submitted to the CDC in response to the Revised Draft CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for...
U.S. Pain Advocates for Federal Government to Report Population Health Data on Chronic Pain
Congressional Budget Reports accompany the annual federal budget that Congress develops each year. In these...
Massachusetts: Action alert
There is an important bill in Massachusetts that we’d like for you to take action on. Prior authorization...
Join AfBPM’s pain summit
The Alliance for Balanced Pain Management's virtual summit is tomorrow from 11:30 am to 2 pm ET. The event is free and...
Action opportunity: Help us thank key senators
Recently, the U.S. Senate released all 12 spending bills for fiscal year 2021. The Labor, Health, and Human Services...
Pain research federal committee meeting update
Since 2017, Gwenn Herman, LCSW, DCSW, Clinical Director of Pain Connection, has served as a public member/patient...
U.S. Pain takes part in five-day virtual conference
U.S. Pain Foundation was proud to participate in the RetreatMigraine 2020 digital conference, hosted by CHAMP...
CMS proposed rule could reduce access to innovative pain management options
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is planning to announce the finalization of a rule that could...
U.S. Pain spearheads letter to Congress, 49 organizations sign on
U.S. Pain Foundation’s Cindy Steinberg, National Director of Policy and Advocacy, has been leading a small workgroup...
U.S. Pain, AACIPM team up on pain management equity symposium
In honor of Pain Awareness Month, the U.S. Pain Foundation and the Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain...