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Interventional Pain/Spine Concerns Regarding The Academy's Less Than Fully Inclusive Call to Action

Interventional Pain/Spine Concerns Regarding The Academy's Less Than Fully Inclusive Call to Action

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Started by Anonymous 17 years, 1 month ago
Dear Mr. Stautzenbach: Over the past week, we, the undersigned, have received the Academy's Call to Action on two occasions. Both times, we have been frustrated to note that the Academy's primary concerns are 1) rehabilitative and habilitative services, as well as 2) durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies to serve the functional needs of people with disabilities and chronic conditions, 3) post-acute rehabilitative care, 4) outpatient therapy caps, and 5) benefits for people with severe disabilities and chronic conditions. Glaringly omitted are any reference to interventional pain management/spine procedures, despite these representing a large component of what the Academy's membership does on a daily basis. The Academy seems perfectly willing to accept our dues, and pay lip service to our issues, but when push comes to shove, the organization ignores the concerns of a large segment of its membership. If our issues aren't at least worth a mention in the Call to Action, it makes us wonder why we, or any of our interventional physiatric colleagues, should remain dues paying members of an Academy that can not be bothered representing our interests.

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Mark Nkemelu
17 years ago Featured

Ridiculous that we pay full dues just to be ignored when it matters. Fix this.

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Elena Reed
17 years ago Featured

WHAT HE SAID!! tired of being treated like second class members.

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David Rodriguez
17 years ago Featured

Been a member for 12 years and this is really frustrating. We deserve representation for our specialty too.

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Sarah Abadi
17 years ago Featured

Finally someone said it. Feels like they only care about us when they want our money.

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Kevin Fuentes
17 years ago Featured

Time to reevaluate my membership if they cant even bother to include us in the talking points.

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Jason Perez
17 years ago Featured

Interventional spine is a huge part of what we do. Excluding us in the call to action is a slap in the face.