Here are four quick facts:
1. The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing called “A Pathway to Improving Care for Medicare Patients with Chronic Conditions.”
2. The committee announced the formation of a bipartisan Chronic Care Working Group, which then issued a letter asking for recommendations.
3. In a comment letter, the ASA laid out the impact chronic pain has on the Medicare program.
4. The ASA also suggested the implementation of the Perioperative Surgical Home as a new model of coordinated care. The PSH is a patient-centered model of delivering health care over the entire course of patient experience.
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