Despite challenges often faced when traveling with a chronic pain condition, 19 advocates and a handful of caregivers...
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2019 Advocacy Summit slideshow
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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...
NIH releases plan for pain research
On June 1, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the Federal Pain Research Strategy (FPRS), a long-term...
Steinberg presents at NIH Pain Consortium Symposium
U.S. Pain's National Director of Policy and Advocacy, Cindy Steinberg, was invited to present the patient perspective...
NPS event provides encouraging update
Stakeholders in the pain community eagerly tuned in to “Implementation of the National Pain Strategy (NPS) Listening...
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...
Future of live-saving health coverage unknown to millions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2017 Contact -- Paul Gileno Email -- contact@uspainfoundation.org Website --...
Speaking out on federal issues
U.S. Pain submitted letters on three key federal topic this month: a proposed measure for tracking opioid abuse across...
Advocating for safer medications at the FDA
On April 5, U.S. Pain Foundation’s Senior State Advocate, Wendy Foster, flew to D.C. for the joint meeting of the...
Tune in to two key federal pain policy events in May
U.S. Pain urges its members to participate in livestreams of two major events about pain policy at the federal level...
Sharing the stories of patients who rely on biosimilars
To help educate the public, Patients for Biologics Safety and Access (PBSA), a coalition that U.S. Pain Foundation...