AfPA’s Pain Management Working Group is a network of policy-minded health care providers who advocate for patient-centered pain care.

By participating in advocacy initiatives and the development of educational resources, working group members ensure that the clinician’s perspective informs policy discussions that impact health care for people living with pain.

To learn more, or to join AfPA’s Pain Therapy Access Working Group, please email info@allianceforpatientaccess.org.

Policy Resources

White Papers & Policy Briefs

• Telemedicine: A Position Statement
  Alliance for Patient Access, July 2020
• In Conversation: A Physician Discusses COVID-19 and Osteoarthritis Care
  Alliance for Patient Access, June 2020
• Fast Facts: Guidelines for Managing Osteoarthritis
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, June 2020
• Fast Facts: Pain Management Inter-Agency Task Force Recommendations
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, March 2020
• Know Your Rights: Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, March 2020
• Fast Facts: Treating Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, September 2019
• High Out-of-Pocket Costs: A Position Statement
  Alliance for Patient Access, July 2019
• Non-Medical Switching: A Position Statement
  Alliance for Patient Access, July 2019
• Co-Pay Accumulator Programs: A Position Statement
  Alliance for Patient Access, May 2019
• Prior Authorization: A Position Statement
  Alliance for Patient Access, April 2019
• A Study of the Qualitative Impact of Non-Medical Switching | Abstract
  Alliance for Patient Access, February 2019
• Step Therapy: A Position Statement
  Alliance for Patient Access, January 2019
• Co-pay Accumulator Adjustment Programs: What Can Policymakers do to Protect Patients?
  Institute for Patient Access, Augusts 2018
• Co-pay Accumulator Adjustment Programs
  Institute for Patient Access, June 2018
• Redefining Pain Management: Policy Strategies for Addressing Pain Amid a National Opioid Crisis
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, May 2018
• Multimodal Analgesia: Acute Pain Relief for the Whole Patient
  A Health Policy Brief from the Institute for Patient Access
  by Roy Soto, M.D., January 2016
• Access to Integrated Care for Chronic Pain
  A Health Policy Brief from the Institute for Patient Access
  by David Charles, M.D. and Mary Ann Chapman, Ph.D., March 2015
• Abuse-Deterrent Opioid Formulations: Promising Technology, Unique Challenges
  A Health Policy Brief from the Institute for Patient Access
  by David Charles, M.D. and Mary Ann Chapman, Ph.D., December 2014

Videos

• Understanding Patient-Centered Care
  Alliance for Patient Access, December 2019
• Why Health Care Providers Should Care About ICER
  Institute for Patient Access, November 2019
• Why Arthritis Patients Need Balanced Pain Management
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, September 2019
• Non-Medical Switching Hurts Patients
  Alliance for Patient Access, March 2019
• Justin’s Story
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, November 2018
• The Co-Pay Surprise
  Alliance for Patient Access, May 2018
• Understanding Balanced Pain Management
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, December 2016
• Finding an Opioid Abuse Solution that Works
  Alliance for Patient Access, September 2016
• A Prescription for Reducing Opioid Abuse
  Alliance for Patient Access, September 2015

Infographics

• Why Service Members & Veterans with Osteoarthritis Need Balanced Pain Management
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, May 2020
• Disease-Centered Care vs Patient-Centered Care
  Alliance for Patient Access, December 2019
• Why Migraine Patients Need Balanced Pain Management
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, September 2019
• Why Gout Patients Need Balanced Pain Management
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, September 2019
• Why Arthritis Patients Need Balanced Pain Management
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, July 2019
• Why Patients Need Treatment Options for Surgical Pain
  Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, June 2019
• How Non-Medical Switching Hurts Patients
  Alliance for Patient Access, February 2019
• The Ugly Co-Pay Surprise
  Alliance for Patient Access, May 2018
• Why Patients Need Access to Abuse-Deterrent Opioids
  Alliance for Patient Access and Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, June 2017
• Addressing America’s Pain & Opioid Addiction Problems Requires a Balanced Approach
  Alliance for Patient Access and Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, September 2016
• Access to Balanced Pain Management
  Alliance for Patient Access and Alliance for Balanced Pain Management, February 2016
• Integrated Care Addresses the Multiple Issues of Chronic Pain
  Institute for Patient Access, March 2015

Blogs

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