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Migraine and headache patients fight back with Headache on the Hill, Migraine Awareness Month
Jan 31, 2017| News
Patients who live with headache and migraine have two key opportunities to raise awareness and advocate for themselves in the near future, first with Headache on the Hill on Feb. 13 and 14, and then with Migraine Awareness Month in June. While June...
Learn about the bills U.S. Pain is tracking in your state
Jan 31, 2017| News
The 2017 legislative session started out with a huge number of bills impacting the chronic pain community. U.S. Pain Foundation will continue focusing on issues that are relevant to people living with pain including, but not limited to: step...
Responses needed: take a survey on an unfair insurance tactic
Jan 31, 2017| News
Did you know that, in most states, your insurer can change the original terms of your prescription coverage at any time and force you off of a medication, even one you may have been taking for years? Fortunately, five states —Connecticut, New York,...
Pain patient rights bill introduced in MA
Jan 31, 2017| News
Pain patients oftentimes encounter obstacles to care, whether because of a clinician who doesn’t take their pain seriously, difficulty accessing the best treatment options due to high costs, or other reasons. To better protect pain patients’...
CMS publishes new strategy to combat opioid misuse
Jan 31, 2017| News
On Jan. 5, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published a new, 30-page proposal for curbing opioid abuse: “Opioid Misuse Strategy 2016.” Among the more controversial suggestions are incentivizing pharmacists to report clinicians...
Cindy Steinberg featured in The Boston Globe, selected for AAPM honor
Jan 31, 2017| News
National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg has had a busy month. On Jan. 3, she was featured in a Boston Globe article about the impact of clinicians prescribing fewer opioids. The article featured a study of 3,000 clinicians across...
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