PAIN MANAGEMENT

Comprehensive, interdisciplinary, team-based, multimodal, integrative pain management (CIPM) is widely accepted as the standard of care for people living with pain. However, this is simply not happening widely. CIPM must be understood by the public and health care professionals, covered by public and private insurers, and accessible to people with pain. Promoting CIPM is vital to solving our nation's overlapping public health crises of chronic pain, opioid misuse and overdose, and mental health disorders... The Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management (AACIPM), an initiative funded by a grant from the Lovell Foundation plus matching contributions, launched in 2019, and includes an Advisory Committee of leaders representing key stakeholders involved. AACIPM is leading efforts to complete white papers, facilitate education with and for payors and purchasers of healthcare, construct strategic policy recommendations, and create a list of CIPM practice examples across..