Abstract: The goal of this narrative review was to give an up-to-date overview of the peripheral and central neurostimulation methods that can be used to treat chronic pain. Special focus has been given to three pain [...]
Brief Summary:This early phase I trial studies how well transcranial direct current stimulation works in reducing pain in cancer patients with chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy. Transcranial direct current stimulation is used for patients with brain [...]
The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls (from a Salt Lake City area code) from criminals posing as DEA or other law [...]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a new Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics. Individual patients, as well as the health of [...]
AAPM member Richard Vaglienti, MD, along with his colleagues, received the Congressman John P. Murtha Memorial Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Military Pain Medicine at the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management [...]
The Medicare Administrative Contractor, National Government Services, Inc.(NGS), released a future Local Coverage Determination for PVA Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures effective December 1, 2019. The new coverage policy poses increased clinical inclusion and exclusion criteria [...]
SIS members are welcome additions to the AAPM member community. Beginning in 2021, the Spine Interventional Society (SIS) will no longer co-publish the journal Pain Medicine with the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the [...]
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a new Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics - PDF. Individual patients, as well as the health [...]
The American Medical Association (AMA) continues to express its concerns over Walmart's corporate prescription opioid restriction policy in its recent letter to Walmart's Chief Medical and Analytics Officer. The new policy limit opioid prescriptions to seven [...]
AAPM members have asked about the impact on their practices of the CMS proposal for opioid treatment services. Starting January 1, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to pay Opioid Treatment [...]
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