Healthcare Reform Bill Includes Improved Pain Care Provisions

The healthcare reform package signed into law by President Obama includes several key provisions from the National Pain Care Policy Act, a bill intended to improve pain care, according to a press release from the American Pain Foundation.

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The provisions include mandating an Institute of Medicine conference on pain; establishing a training program for healthcare professionals who treat pain; and enhancing the National Institutes of Health’s pain research agenda, according to the release.

The provisions will help support clinicians who specialize in pain management, Scott Fishman, MD, president of the APF board of directors, said in the release.

Download the American Pain Foundation’s press release on healthcare reform (pdf).

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