HHS Draft Report Recommends Biosocial, Multi-Modal, Multidisciplinary Approach For Pain Management

On December 17, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force) released a draft report on pain management that recommended a biosocial, multi-modal, and multidisciplinary approach to chronic and acute pain management. Currently, inconsistencies and fragmentation of pain care limit best practices and consumer outcomes. The Task Force believes a coherent policy for pain management within health systems is needed to address challenges and gaps that affect special populations, and gaps stemming from stigma, education, and access to care. Multi-modal, non-opioid therapies are underutilized . . .