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Category: Pain Management

AAPS Tells Court to Stop Federal Discrimination Against Self Pay Patients’ Access to Pain Medication

Uninsured and other self-pay patients are facing increasing difficulty filling legitimate prescriptions for medically-appropriate pain medications in part due to one-size-fits all rules being imposed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. As Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D., submitted as President of AAPS in comments to HHS in March 2019: “[T]oo often the unintended consequences created by […]

Opioid Overdose Crisis Is from Illicit Fentanyl

The U.S. is said to be suffering from a crisis in deaths from opioid overdoses, prompting legislative and other efforts to clamp down on physician prescribing of these drugs. However, this effort is likely misdirected, and targeting legal prescriptions is thus unlikely to reduce overdose deaths, according to a careful review of official government data by […]

Stop e-Prescribing Bill, Says President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Forcing doctors to electronically prescribe all controlled drugs, as in Oklahoma proposed bill Req. No. 8141, is a “flawed and misguided” idea that will not reduce opioid abuse, writes Albert L. Fisher, M.D., president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), in a letter to Representative Charles McCall, Speaker of the Oklahoma House […]

AAPS President asks Oklahoma Speaker of House to Oppose E-Prescribing Bill

Representative Charles Mc Call Speaker of the House Room 401 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd Oklahoma City, OK   73105 Dear Representative Mc Call, As president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, I am writing you about a draft bill that would require electronic prescribing (E-Prescribing) of scheduled drugs.   Some Oklahoma lawmakers think that more […]

AAPS News August 2016 – MACRA: Pokemon Go for Doctors

The latest fad, a “free” smartphone app called Pokémon GO, has reportedly exceeded even Twitter and pornography in popularity. One hospital has banned it for employees because they were glued to their screens instead of interacting with patients.

Government Waging War on Doctors with Prosecutorial Tricks

Under the U.S. Constitution, the federal government has jurisdiction over only three crimes: treason, counterfeiting, and piracy, writes Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) General Counsel Andrew Schlafly in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. “The Founders would be shocked at the degree to which the federal government is […]

Legislative Update Special Edition: The War on Opiates

Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill. There is no question that opiate abuse – both legal and illegal is on the rise in all demographics. Congress introduced several laws last year and a rash of laws this year in response to the public awareness of the epidemic. The main […]

Legislative Update – 12/1/2015

Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill. Reconciliation Placed on the Senate’s Calendar H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015, authored by Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-GA) would (1) repeal the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate to purchase health insurance; (2) repeal the employer mandate to […]

Wisconsin Bill to BAN Cash Payment for Treatment at Pain Clinics

An unprecedented provision in Assembly Bill 366, currently under consideration in the Wisconsin legislature, puts at risk the right of patients to self pay for medical care.  The bill contains a prohibition on cash payment for treatment received at pain clinics. A law outlawing the payment of cash for a legal product would seem unthinkable in […]