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Goals
  • Promote the development and practice of safe, high quality, cost-effective interventional pain management techniques in ASC settings for the diagnosis and treatment of pain related disorders, and ensure patient access to these interventions
  • Preserve and increase reimbursement for interventional pain management techniques in ASC settings
  • Advance patient safety, cost effectiveness, and accountability
  • Provide state-of-the-art interventional pain management services in ASC settings
  • Communicate with legislators, patients, the public, CMS, and third party payers about interventional pain management services in ASCs
  • Uphold high principles, policies, and practices
  • Pursue excellence in education in interventional pain management
  • Improve compliance and practice management
  • Eliminate fraud and abuse
  • Provide the best possible interventional pain management in ASC settings

 

SIPMS BOARD
President
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, M.D
Executive Vice President
Frank J. Falco, MD
VP Financial Affairs
Vijay Singh, MD
VP Strategic Planning
David M. Schultz, MD
Secretary
Elmer E. Dunbar, MD
Treasurer
Andrea Trescot, MD

DIRECTORS AT LARGE
Ganesh R. Balu, MD
Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD
Mark V. Boswell, MD
John M. Burdine, MD
Ray D'Amours, MD
David S. Kloth, MD
Allan T. Parr, MD
Jimmy N. Ponder, MD
Joshua P. Prager, MD
Francis Riegler, MD
Praveen K. Suchdev, MD
John R. Swicegood, MD

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