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Maryland
Pain Initiative
The Maryland Pain
Initiative is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the improvement of the
quality of life of all Marylanders
affected by pain.
This initiative is open to anyone in
Maryland who has been affected by pain or
has treated pain. Please join us in this
important cause to educate and advocate
for improved pain control in Maryland!
Mission Statement
The Maryland Pain Initiative (MPI) is an
independent, voluntary, statewide,
interdisciplinary, non-profit organization
dedicated to the improving the quality of
life of all Maryland residents affected by
pain through empowerment, advocacy, and
education.
MARYLAND PAIN INITIATIVE
201 N. Charles Street, Suite 710
Baltimore, MD 21201-4111
Voicemail: (410) 783-0199
Email MPI
Call to Action!
MedChi has
petitioned the Maryland Insurance Administration
(MIA) for a formal review of some of the onerous
insurance practices that interfere with the
patient-provider relationship. Intended to contain
costs, these practices – including
prior-authorization, pre-certification, step therapy
and therapeutic switching – create significant and
potentially dangerous barriers to patient care.
We are now at a critical point.
In order to thoroughly review these practices, it's
imperative for the MIA to receive formal complaints
from patients and providers (on behalf of patients).
Insurance Commissioner Elizabeth Sammis has asked
MedChi to encourage its members to file complaints
with the MIA and to share specific examples with the
MIA directly or through MedChi. The MIA needs this
information to develop and implement appropriate
responses and to determine if statutory changes are
needed.
We have
heard that many providers are simply too busy to
take this extra step, yet without taking it, the
problems will only worsen. Please join MedChi in
urging patients and providers (on behalf of
patients) to file formal complaints with the MIA as
situations arise.
To file a
complaint, visit
www.mdinsurance.state.md.us/sa/jsp/consumer/FileComplaint.jsp
and follow the prompts.
In addition,
please write to Commissioner Sammis and tell her how
these practices impact those you serve. Specific
examples always carry the most impact.
Honorable Elizabeth Sammis
Commissioner, Maryland Insurance Administration
200
St Paul Place, Suite 2700
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
As Maryland
moves toward implementing the federal health bill,
we have a chance to improve patient access to care
by reducing or eliminating insurance barriers to
care. Together we can make a difference!
The
Maryland Pain Initiative is a
Power Over
Pain Action Network State
and a Member of the
Alliance of State Pain
Initiatives.
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