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Advocacy
Monday, November 10, 2025
IPSIS Takes Action to Safeguard Patient Access »
IPSIS has convened 24 medical societies representing more than 100,000 physicians to submit unified comment letters u...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Final 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Highlights »
Read the new IPSIS members-only highlights summary πŸ”’ of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' CY 2026 Final...
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Elimination of Pain Treatments Looming – Act Now »
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) covering most of the US are moving to terminate patients’ access to many...
Monday, October 27, 2025
Stop β€œBlack Box” Prior Authorization »
IPSIS is concerned that recent prior authorization proposals from the Health Level Seven International (HL7) Da Vinci Proj...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Seeking PNS Policy Revisions From BCBS »
IPSIS has convened the Multisociety Pain Workgroup (MPW) to call on Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) plans to cover Periphe...

Clinical Practice
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
BVNRFN: Find the Facts »
Find the facts about basivertebral nerve radiofrequency neurotomy (BVNRFN). Click here to download this newly updated, f...
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Steroid Injections and Hyperglycemia: Find the Facts »
Find the latest facts about steroid injections and diabetes.  Click here to download this newly updated, free IPSIS...
Monday, August 18, 2025
Steroid Preservatives & ESIs: Find the Facts »
Find the facts about neurotoxicity from preservatives in epidural steroid administration. Click here to download this ne...
Friday, August 1, 2025
Opioid Labeling Updates »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring safety labeling changes to all opioid pain medications to better...
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Sandoz Expands Cefazolin Recall »
On July 15, 2025, Sandoz expanded its June 27, 2025, recall  of Cefazolin for Injection USP, 1 gram per vial , addi...

Research
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Antithrombotics and CTFESI: New Research Spotlight »
Read πŸ”’ the IPSIS member exclusive summary and assessment of the largest known report regarding the safety of performing...
Monday, October 6, 2025
Spinal Cord Stimulation: New Research Spotlight »
Read πŸ”’ the brief, summary and assessment of a retrospective observational study that examined spinal cord stimulation pa...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Help Shape the Future of AI in Interventional Pain Practice »
Dear Colleague: We invite you to take just a few minutes (~3 minutes) to share your experiences and perspectives on Artif...
Monday, September 22, 2025
New Spinal Cord Stim Systematic Review »
Read the latest IPSIS systematic review on spinal cord stimulation treatment for persistent spinal pain syndrome –...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
SIJ Fusion: New Research Spotlight »
Read πŸ”’ the brief, practice-focused summary and assessment of a recent study where the authors found an absence of benef...

Society News
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Your Mission Awaits With the Special Projects Network »
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join the IPSIS Special Projects Network β€” a new, flexible way for m...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
What IPSIS is Doing For You: October 2025 »
Ask the Experts Q&A Webinar πŸ”’: Diagnosis and Treatment of Spine-Related Injuries in Athletes β€” October 15...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
What IPSIS is Doing For You: September 2025 »
Congratulations to the IPSIS 2025 Award Winners APPLY NOW: Call for Volunteers September 2025 Issue...
Monday, September 15, 2025
Congratulations to the IPSIS 2025 Award Winners! »
Congratulations to the physicians recognized this year for their contributions to interventional pain medicine and IPSIS....
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Announcing the 2025 Member Business Meeting »
Members are encouraged to participate in the IPSIS Member Business Meeting on Friday, September 12th, from 10:00-10:15 a.m...