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You are Not Your Pain: A Teen’s Perspective on Living With Chronic Illness
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Social Security Disability and Chronic Pain: Understanding the Claims Process
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NPS event provides encouraging update
May 31, 2017| News
Stakeholders in the pain community eagerly tuned in to “Implementation of the National Pain Strategy (NPS) Listening Session” on May 11. The daylong event was hosted by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and the National Institutes of...
Take action on proposed changes to pain assessmment survey
May 31, 2017| News
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed concerning changes to key pain management questions on an influential survey, called the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Survey, which is...
U.S. Pain program, Points for Pain, honored by New York Yankees
May 24, 2017| News, Press release
U.S. Pain program, Points for Pain, honored by New York Yankees MIDDLETOWN, CONN. (May 26, 2017)—Most teenage boys want to spend their...
Iowa patients celebrate passage of fail first reform bill into law
May 11, 2017| News
Gov. Branstad Signs HF 233 to Allow a More Transparent Overriding Process Middletown, CT, May 11, 2017 - Through the efforts of advocates and patient organizations who formed the Iowa Fail First Coalition, of which U.S. Pain Foundation is a...
Future of live-saving health coverage unknown to millions
May 8, 2017| News, Press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2017 Contact -- Paul Gileno Email -- contact@uspainfoundation.org Website -- uspainfoundation.org Middletown, CT, May 4, 2017-The U.S. Pain Foundation is gravely concerned about its members who will lose their...
Pain Warrior of the Month: Dawn Stancliff
Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 37 years old Pain Warrior Role: Advocate and ambassador since 2014 Conditions: Melker-Rosenthal Syndrome, Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome, lymphadnopothy, fibromyalgia, Non-Specific Brain T-2 flair lesions, degenerative disc...
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