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Reflecting Back on 2022 Accomplishments
2022 was a busy year for us. Here are some of our accomplishments this year:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Makes a Major Move to Improve Pain Care
This past November, CMS announced that starting January 1, 2023, Medicare will pay physicians in all states and other...
The need for migraine and headache awareness doesn’t end in June
Throughout June as National Headache and Migraine Awareness Month (MHAM), the U.S. Pain Foundation and fellow patient...
Continuing to represent the patient voice–virtually
While most in-person conferences and meetings have been canceled or postponed as a result of the pandemic, U.S. Pain...
Perseverance over pain: How a clinical trial changed one patient’s life
According to Tufts University, 37 percent of research sites do not meet their enrollment goals for scientific studies....
#MHAM2020: Two upcoming events, state advocacy campaign
June is Migraine and Headache Awareness Month (#MHAM)! A large percentage of our community lives with migraine and...
“Catastrophizing”: A form of pain shaming
How the buzzword “catastrophizing” stigmatizes people with chronic pain By Gwenn Herman, LCSW, DCSW The first time I...
Health care disparities in migraine and headache care: A panel discussion
In honor of Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, on June 24, Jaime Michele Sanders (aka The Migraine Diva) will lead...
Thank you for fighting for change
Thank you. You created the groundswell we needed to start getting Congress to pay attention to the "Pain Management...
Join us as we fight for #aplanforpain!
We're dedicating today, June 11, to flooding policymakers with our request that they allocate funding for key...
Mind you
By: Mia Maysack I have never said that mindfulness fixes or cures, that it is easy, looks the same for everyone, or...