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Advocates urge lawmakers to back HB1134 to expand care coordination and coverage for chronic pain
Summary
Patient advocates, clinicians, and nonprofit representatives told the committee House Bill 1134 would improve care coordination, data collection, and access to nonopioid treatments for people with chronic pain on MassHealth.
Representatives of the Massachusetts Pain Initiative, clinicians, and patients urged the joint committee to favorably report House Bill 1134, which supporters say would improve care coordination, provider training, data collection, and access to nonopioid treatments for people living with chronic pain on MassHealth.
"Pain patients are frequently not believed, are accused of being malingerers, and are stigmatized," said the policy council chair of the Massachusetts Pain…
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