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Committee hears support for S863 to expand non‑opioid chronic pain care and data collection
Summary
Advocates and clinicians told the Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing that S863 would improve access to non-opioid medications and multidisciplinary pain care for MassHealth members and create a data system to measure chronic pain prevalence and costs.
Advocates, clinicians and patients urged the Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing to support S863, legislation described in testimony as aiming to expand non‑opioid treatment access and coordinate chronic pain care for MassHealth members.
Cindy Steinberg, policy council chair of the Massachusetts Pain Initiative, told the committee that chronic pain has become a disease of the nervous system and that many patients live for years without appropriate care. "S863 would go a long way toward addressing these problems and improving the care of individuals on…
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