HHS Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force Report: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations

From the Assistant Secretary for Health report on May 30, 2019 report: "The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) required the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force to develop the Report on Pain Management Best Practices: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations - PDF*, which identified gaps or inconsistencies, and proposed updates to best practices and recommendations for pain management, including chronic and acute pain."

Background: 

• On December 31, 2018, the Draft Report on Pain Management Best Practices: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations was released for a 90-day public comment period (December 31, 2018 – April 1, 2019) in accordance with the CARA.  To view comments, visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal using docket number - HHS-OS-2018-0027.
• The Task Force approved the final report on May 9, 2019 by a majority vote.
• In accordance with the CARA, the final report is now available to the public, May 30, 2019, which is one year after the inaugural meeting.