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The 7th annual Summit on Balanced Pain Management will convene patients, health care providers, advocates, regulators and legal experts to explore pain policy and patient-centered pain care. Interviews, panel discussions and patient testimonials will explore:
• Pain Management under President Biden • COVID's Legacy of Pain • Utilization Management & Arthritis Care • What's Next for Key Legislation & Initiatives • Osteoarthritis in the Military • And more!
Past Events
Agenda
11:30am - 11:33am
Welcome
Mike Walsh, Alliance for Balanced Pain Management Amanda Conschafter, Alliance for Patient Access
11:33am - 11:43am
Introductory Remarks
Kate Nicholson, JD, National Pain Advocacy Center
11:45am - 12:03pm
Policy Predictions: Pain Management under President Biden
Moderator:Mehul Desai, MD, MPH, Virginia Hospital Center, GU School of Medicine Wade Delk, American Society for Pain Management Nursing Dania Palanker, Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute
12:05pm - 12:27pm
The Long Haul: COVID’s Legacy of Pain
Moderator: Michael Leong, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine Ravi Prasad, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine Gavin Clingham, Alliance for Patient Access
12:29pm - 12:44pm
Patient-Centered Pain Care Now Keynote Address
Shari M. Ling, MD, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
12:46pm - 12:56pm
Break
12:58pm - 1:11pm
The Pain of Waiting: Utilization Management & Arthritis Care
Samantha Dorazio Alisa Vidulich, MPH, Arthritis Foundation
1:13pm - 1:31pm
Securing Congressional SUPPORT: What’s Next for Key Legislation & Initiatives
Moderator: Cindy Steinberg, U.S. Pain Foundation Dr. Suchitra Iyer Michael C. Barnes, JD, Center for U.S. Policy
1:33pm - 1:37pm
My NSAID Nightmare
Emily Freeman, PhD
1:39pm - 1:52pm
Service Members’ Silent Struggle: Osteoarthritis in the Military
Moderator: Kirsten Ambrose, MS, CCRC, Osteoarthritis Action Alliance at the University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center Kelli D. Allen, PhD, Thurston Arthritis Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT) at Durham VA Medical Center Kenneth L. Cameron, PhD, Keller Army Hospital, US Military Academy, West Point
1:54pm - 1:58pm
My Arthritis Life
Cheryl Crow, Arthritis Life
1:58pm - 2:00pm
Summit Close
Mike Walsh, Alliance for Balanced Pain Management Amanda Conschafter, Alliance for Patient Access
