Public Policy

Medicaid, Medicare and Prescription Drugs

• Links to State Medicaid websites
• Addressing Medicaid Preferred Drug Lists - PowerPoint presentation by Robert Twillman, PhD, Kansas Pain Initiative
• Statements Regarding Medicaid Restrictions for Pain Medications
• Kaiser Family Foundation - facts and analysis of Medicare and Medicaid issues compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation

State Prescription Monitoring Programs

• ASPI Statement on Prescription Monitoring Programs (January 2008)
• Impact of Prescription Monitoring Programs, presentation by Robert Twillman, PhD, at the American Pain Society annual meeting (May 2006)
• Florida Pain Initiative letter on PMP legislation (April 2006)
• Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program Survey Report (August 2004)

Intractable Pain Treatment Acts

• ASPI Statement on Intractable Pain Treatment Acts (October 2003)
• Article by the Pain and Policy Studies Group on IPTA (1997)

Federal Pain-Related Legislation

• National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007

Health Professional Regulatory Board Policies

• Model Medical Board Pain Policy from the Federation of State Medical Boards (May 2004)
• White Paper on Pain Management by the Wisconsin Board of Nursing (April 2007)
• Statement on the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain by the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing (December 2006)
• Joint Statement on the Management of Chronic Pain by the New Mexico Health Professional Boards (2006)
• Joint Statement on Pain Management by the Florida Health Professional Boards (December 2005)
• Statement on the Treatment of Pain from the WI Pharmacy Examining Board (December 2005)
• Joint Statement on Pain Management from the Kansas Boards of Healing Arts, Nursing, and Pharmacy (July 2002)

Resources

• Thomas - U.S. Congress on the Internet
• Pain and Policy Studies Group - a rich source of information and analysis of state, federal and international pain policy
• American Pain Foundation - tracks major federal pain legislation
• Pain and the Law - a website developed by Saint Louis University and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics under a grant from The Mayday Fund 

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