Learn how Social Security Disability (SSDI) works for chronic pain conditions. Understand SSA requirements, the five-step evaluation process, and how to strengthen your disability claim.
Nonmedical switching advocacy had some major developments in April, as many state legislative sessions began to wrap up. Nonmedical switching occurs when insurers force patients off medications for financial reasons instead of medical ones. U.S....
U.S. Pain submitted letters on three key federal topic this month: a proposed measure for tracking opioid abuse across health plans; the reauthorization of an act on the drug evaluation process; and whether manufacturers should be allowed to...
On April 5, U.S. Pain Foundation’s Senior State Advocate, Wendy Foster, flew to D.C. for the joint meeting of the Anesthetics and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management at the Food and Drug Administration...
U.S. Pain urges its members to participate in livestreams of two major events about pain policy at the federal level happening this May. The first is a meeting at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services entitled, “Implementation of the...
As a nonprofit, U.S. Pain Foundation runs solely on contributions from corporate sponsors as well as private donors. The organization is encouraging members to consider hosting fundraising events to help support its mission and services. “We rely...
Currently, 36 million Americans are living with migraine disease; four million of them have chronic migraine, meaning they have 15 or more attack days per month. There are many different ways you can help spread awareness and stop the stigma of...
