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U.S. Pain Foundation submits comments to CMS RFI
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) opened a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit input into the...
CMS holds public meeting on pain and opioids, seeks public comment by Oct. 11
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) convened a public meeting on Sept. 20 to solicit input into the...
Cindy Steinbergs speaks about pain at CMS
On Sept. 20, National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg spoke on a panel at a public meeting about...
Cindy Steinberg to speak at CMS meeting
National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg will speak at a Sept. 20 public meeting at the Centers for...
U.S. Pain outlines recommendations for CMS
U.S. Pain’s National Director of Policy and Advocacy, Cindy Steinberg, is constantly fighting behind-the-scenes for...
Despite opposition, CMS to replace pain questions on major survey
Despite opposition from groups like the U.S. Pain Foundation, beginning in January 2018, the Center for Medicare and...
Take action on proposed changes to pain assessmment survey
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed concerning changes to key pain management questions...
U.S. Pain volunteers take swift action at federal level
U.S. Pain volunteers mobilized quickly this month to respond to two problematic proposals at the national level: one...
Action needed today on CMS proposal
Many patients with chronic pain are concerned about the unintended consequences of the Centers for Medicare and...
CMS publishes new strategy to combat opioid misuse
On Jan. 5, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published a new, 30-page proposal for curbing opioid...