On June 17, 2020, Michael Barnes, JD presented alongside Wade Delk, Government Affairs Director of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN), for the Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS) 2020 Pain Care Legislation and Public Policy Webinar. Mr. Barnes and Mr. Delk provided an update on state and federal legislative and regulatory actions and […]
Healthy Women has published a final report on the organization’s July 2019 event, the Science, Innovation, and Technology Summit: Chronic Pain in Women— Focus on Treatment, Management and Barriers. Clinical professionals, researchers and policymakers, and representatives from federal agencies, industry, nonprofit organizations, and advocacy groups came together at the event to advance the dialogue on […]
Stacey L. Worthy, JD moderated a panel discussion today at the sixth annual Summit on Balanced Pain Management. Ms. Worthy led a dialogue between Ann Quinlan Colwell, PhD, RN, of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN); Ellen Blackwell, MSW, of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); and Matt Salo of the […]
On Thursday, October 24, the Senate Finance Committee held a full committee hearing on the topic of substance abuse in the United States. Among the witnesses was the Surgeon General of the United States, Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH. Dr. Adams detailed the current approach of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), highlighted […]
An article published yesterday by Pain News Network’s Pat Anson tells the story of yet another physician who has faced threats from the Department of Justice (DOJ) due to the use of opioids within his practice. Dr. Roger Kasendorf, a physician from Southern California, paid a settlement of $125,000 rather than defend against allegations of […]