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Your Action is Needed to Prevent Cuts
The end to the of short- lived hold on a huge physician reimbursement cut is near. The time to act is now!
We have created a new Capwiz letter in an effort to gain renewed attention from our legislators to this dire situation . We are facing devastating physician reimbursement cuts and even greater cuts to ASC and office-based procedures. It will take a concerted effort on the part of the entire ASIPP membership if we are to get the ears and eyes of Congress and convince them to act.
Physicians can send a letter addressing all three issues through Capwiz:
http://capwiz.com/asipp/issues/alert/?alertid=11058511&type=CO
Or send the letter on your own letterhead by using this sample letter to guide you. You may want to include the ASC fact sheet as well.
Our government officials need to hear from our patients as well. This is easy to accomplish; print out the patient letter we have provided (modify it to your state's officials) and ask all your patients to sign it (the last page of the word document for your state, see link in paragraph above). After you obtain these signatures your staff can send them as a Capwiz letter using the following link:
http://capwiz.com/asipp/issues/alert/?alertid=11058731&type=CO
If you have any questions, call the ASIPP office for assistance: 270-554-9412.
Need To Know Your Elected Officials?
Stay on top of the issues affecting interventional pain management, know your elected and appointed officials and contact the media in your area. You can make a difference by getting involved! Find out who represents you on Capitol Hill, go to Capwiz: http://www.asipp.org/Alert.htm
Change Your Specialty Designation
Use the CMS Form to Change your Specialty Designation to 09 - Interventional Pain Management
We are faced with the need to increase our 09 Interventional Pain Management specialty designation. Currently CMS claims there are too few IPM physicians, which negatively affects our reimbursement. Interventional Pain Physicians can now change their specialty code designation to 09 utilizing the CMS form CMS855I - see page 8, section D.
IPM Becomes 34th Specialty On CACs
In March 2005, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid mandated that Interventional Pain Management become the 34th medical specialty represented on state Carrier Advisory Committees, which make local decisions about Medicare coverage. Information on CACs.

ASIPP GUIDELINES
Click on the headline for our articles on evidence-based practice guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic pain. Or go to National Guidelines Clearinghouse for ASIPP's 2007 Interventional Techniques: Evidence-based Practice Guidelines in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain.
Guidelines By Year: 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2003 | 2001 | 2000

ASIPP Online Photo Gallery
Photos from past meetings are available at another location and can be accessed at ASIPP Online Photo Gallery. Once there you can view photos from the 2007 Annual Meeting in Washington or from other meetings.
ASIPP 2008 Award Recipients
Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Stanton-Hicks, MD
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Hans C. Hansen, MD
Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD
David S. Kloth, MD
Distinguished Service Awards
Senator Sherrod Brown
Representative Bart Stupak
Friend of ASIPP Award
Richard Derby, Jr., MD
Outstanding State Societies
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Minnesota
Recognition of Diamond and
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Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD
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Mark Your Calendar!
Join ASIPP in celebrating our 10th Anniversary! Plan to attend the 10th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on June 21 - 25. The 2008 Annual Meeting will consist of the ASIPP and SIPMS meetings, with a special session dedicated to practice management. Also featured will be a , lectures in IPM techniques, CME credits, advocacy, entertainment, legislative session, Capitol Hill visits, and more.
Don't miss it! Mark your calendar.
June 21-25, 2008.
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Board Review Course
The Comprehensive Pain Medicine and Interventional Pain Management
Board Review Course will be held in St. Louis, MO on July 28-August 1, followed by the ABIPP Part 1 Exam on August 2.
July 28-August 1, 2008
Chase Park Plaza | Register Online | Brochure

Comprehensive Review Course
The Comprehensive Review Course in Controlled Substance Management will be held in St. Louis, MO on July 28-July29, followed by the CSM Exam on July 30th. The Comprehensive Review Course in Coding, Compliance and Practice Management will be held in St. Louis, MO on July 30-August 1, follwed by the CCPM Exam on August 2.
July 28-August 2, 2008
Chase Park Plaza | Register Online | Brochure

Review Course in Fluoroscopy & Cadaver Workshop
in spinal (basic and intermediate) and Non-Spinal Interventional Techniques and ABIPP Competency Certification in Fluoroscopic Interpretation and Radiation Safety
The Review Course in Fluoroscopy and Cadaver Workshop will be held May 16-18, 2008 in Memphis, Tennessee.
May 6, 2008 - Registration is full for the basic level portion of the cadaver workshop. There are a few openings in the intermediate and non-spinal levels.
Register online Brochure
Online Photo Gallery of Meetings

ASIPP, AAPM, ISIS with AMA to Conduct Physician Practice Survey
Did you receive a survey?
For the first time in nearly a decade, ASIPP, AAPM, ISIS, the American Medical Association (AMA), and more than 70 other health care professional organizations, have worked together to coordinate a comprehensive multi-specialty survey of America’s physician practices. The survey will collect up-to-date characteristics of thousands of physician practices from virtually all specialties, and be used in efforts to positively influence national decision makers to ensure accurate and fair representation for all physicians and patients. Read more...
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Now Available
"Interventional Techniques In Chronic Spinal Pain"
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“Interventional Techniques in Chronic Spinal Pain,” is the premier manual for interventionalists. With detailed descriptions of practical techniques in interventional pain management this is a must have publication for all interventional pain physicians.
All proceeds go to the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
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