On Sept. 20, National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg spoke on a panel at a public meeting about...
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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...
Update on the Pain Management Best Practices Task Force
Efforts to disseminate and begin implementing recommendations from the new report from the Pain Management Best...
New coalition calls for balanced aproach to opioids
Policymakers, health care providers, and members of the public continue to grapple with how to address the ongoing...
Understanding the new CVS opioid policy
Many in the chronic pain community expressed concern after CVS pharmacy announced this month that it will limit opioid...
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...
A proactive step in fighting the opioid crisis
According to the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 75 percent of all opioid misuse does not start with a...
Opioid taxation bills raise concerns
Recently, U.S. Pain has seen a number of bills that propose placing a tax on opioids in order to fund efforts to...
Roundtable discusses benefits of abuse-deterrent formularies
Shaina Smith, U.S. Pain director of State Advocacy & Alliance Development, was among several panelists who...
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...
Cindy Steinberg featured in The Boston Globe, selected for AAPM honor
National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg has had a busy month. On Jan. 3, she was featured in a Boston...