The new report details the recent evolution of the nation's opioid epidemic and physicians' progress toward ending it. AAPM Past President Steve Stanos, DO, represents the Academy on the Task Force. Key points from the [...]
Congratulations to AAPM members Bernard Canlas, MD (left) and Erik Clarke, PhD (right) at VA Puget Sound who have just been awarded a $727,888 NIH grant. This is the first NIH-funded study at VA Puget [...]
AAPM President-Elect W. Michael Hooten, MD, provides perspective on a new study suggesting that patients with serious mental illness should undergo regular screening for the presence of pain in Psychiatry Advisor. Full story.
Today AAPM President Ajay D. Wasan, MD MSc issued the following message to members about the CMS Proposed '21 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and its impact on pain medicine specialists. Dear Colleagues, I am writing today [...]
The AAPM Corporate Relations Council allows the Academy to partner with companies seeking new advances in the specialty of pain management and optimum quality of life for pain patients. AAPM is pleased to welcome Helixmith [...]
On August 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that includes proposals to update payment policies and payment rates for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced an opportunity for stakeholders to share their individual perspectives on and experiences with pain and pain management, including but not limited to the benefits and [...]
Pain Medicine, AAPM's official journal, recently published a new virtual issue on ketamine. The issue is freely available and includes a collection of preliminary studies, surveys, pragmatic and systematic reviews, and consensus reports that have [...]
FDA is requiring drug manufacturers for all opioid pain relievers and medicines to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) to add new recommendations about naloxone to the prescribing information. This will help ensure that health care [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges. The pandemic is also exacerbating other ongoing public health emergencies, including the addiction crisis in the United States. During these challenging times, the National Academy of Medicine's (NAM) [...]
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