Healthy People 2023
May 2023 Webinar Best Practices in Pain Care
Healthy People Chronic Pain Objectives
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion/Department of Health and Human Services
Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services 2023 Pain Management
Provider Reimbursement Updates
CDC 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
Summary of the 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
Important perspectives from two experienced pain physicians.
One article represents the formal CDC comments about the new draft guidelines; the other reflects on the harm of under treatment of serious pain.
Summary of the key changes in the new proposed CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline
Article summarizing what has and has not changed in the proposed versus the original 2016 guideline
MassPI supports a bill to improve access to non-opioid pain treatments for chronic pain patients.
MassPI advocates for legislation to remove non-opioid barriers to pain management.
Researchers are Making Progress in Learning More About the Science of Chronic Pain
New scientific information is providing insights into the causes of chronic pain and giving hope for future new treatments.
September is Pain Awareness Month
Governor Charlie Baker recognizes pain as a major public health problem and declares September Pain Awareness Month.
MassPI Steering Council leader recognized for excellence as a clinician and mentor
Mary Jane Estrada-Lyder, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, received the 2021 Exceptional Advanced Practice Clinician and Mentor Award
New CDC Report Shows Opioid Guidelines Have Not Slowed Drug Overdose Deaths
The CDC’s focus on prescription opioids has left synthetic fentanyl and other drugs to expand sign
AMA indicates the CDC opioid guideline has harmed pain patients
The American Medical Association released a 17-page letter providing comment addressing the CDC opioid guideline update.
Mass. study challenges assumptions on risk of overdose death from legitimately prescribed opioids
Only 1.3% of overdose deaths in Massachusetts from 2013-2015 were correlated with a current opioid prescription
New Mass. Advisory for Best Practices in Prescribing Opioids
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine clarifies its guidance for prescribing opioids.
Important new FDA labeling information about managing opioid pain medications
FDA addresses danger of abruptly ending opioids and clarifies its position for providers
New Pain Management Questions on Hospital Satisfaction Survey
CMS changed Hospital Satisfaction Survey pain management questions from whether pain was "controlled" to whether pain was "discussed"
Doctors Cutting Opioids Even If It Harms Patients
A new survey by the Boston Globe shows physicians are reluctant to prescribe opioids even if the medicines are beneficial to patients. Go to http://bit.ly/2iv5VxQ to read the article
Law Enforcement and Pain Patients
Pain News Network Guest Columnist John Burke, past president of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators and current president of the International Health Facility Diversion Association discusses treatment, abuse and diversion.