80 FR 17757 - Solicitation of Written Comments on Draft National Pain Strategy
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 63 (April 2, 2015)
National Institutes of Health
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 63 (April 2, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 2015)] [Notices] [Page 17757] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-07626] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Solicitation of Written Comments on Draft National Pain Strategy SUMMARY: The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Office of Pain Policy is soliciting public comment on the draft National Pain Strategy. DATES: Comments on the draft National Pain Strategy must be received no later than 5 p.m. EST on May 20, 2015. ADDRESSES: The draft National Pain Strategy is available at: http://iprcc.nih.gov/docs/DraftHHSNationalPainStrategy.pdf. Written comments sent electronically are preferred and may be addressed to [email protected]. Written responses should be addressed to Linda Porter, Ph.D., NINDS/NIH, 31 Center Drive, Room 8A31, Bethesda, MD 20892. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Linda Porter, Ph.D., NINDS/ NIH, 31 Center Drive, Room 8A31, Bethesda, MD 20892, [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft National Pain Strategy reflects the work of many offices across the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, and Department of Veterans Affairs. The draft National Pain Strategy also reflects input from scientific and clinical experts and pain patient advocates. It includes objectives and plans related to key areas of pain and pain care, including professional education and training, public education and communication, service delivery and reimbursement, prevention and care, disparities, and population research. I. Background A core recommendation of the 2011 IOM Report: Relieving Pain in America is: ``The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services should develop a comprehensive, population health-level strategy for pain prevention, treatment, management, education, reimbursement, and research that includes specific goals, actions, time frames, and resources.'' The IOM report highlighted specific objectives for the strategy:Describe how efforts across government agencies, including public-private partnerships, can be established, coordinated, and integrated to encourage population-focused research, education, communication, and community-wide approaches that can help reduce pain and its consequences and remediate disparities in the experience of pain among subgroups of Americans. Include an agenda for developing physiological, clinical, behavioral, psychological, outcomes, and health services research and appropriate links across these domains. Improve pain assessment and management programs within the service delivery and financing programs of the federal government. Proceed in cooperation with the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee and the National Institutes of Health's Pain Consortium and reach out to private-sector participants as appropriate. Involve the appropriate agencies and entities. Include ongoing efforts to enhance public awareness about the nature of chronic pain and the role of self-care in its management. The Department of Health and Human Services charged the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC) with creating a comprehensive population health-level strategy to begin addressing these objectives. II. Information Request The NINDS Office of Pain Policy, on behalf of DHHS, requests input on the draft National Pain Strategy. III. Potential Responders HHS invites input from a broad range of individuals and organizations that have interests in advancing the fundamental understanding of pain and improving pain-related treatment strategies. Some examples of these organizations include, but are not limited to the following: Caregivers or health system providers (e.g., physicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists) Researchers Foundations Health care, professional, and educational organizations/ societies Insurers and business groups Medicaid- and Medicare-related organizations Patients and their advocates Pharmaceutical Industry Public health organizations State and local public health agencies When responding, please self-identify with any of the above or other categories (include all that apply) and your name. Anonymous submissions will not be considered. Written materials submitted for consideration should not exceed 5 pages, not including appendices and supplemental documents. Responders may submit other forms of electronic materials to demonstrate or exhibit concepts of their written responses. We request that comments be identified by section, subsection, and page number of the draft so they may be addressed accordingly. All comments received before the close of the comment period are available for viewing by the public, including any personally identifiable or confidential business information that is included in a comment. Dated: March 25, 2015. Walter J. Koroshetz, Acting Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health. [FR Doc. 2015-07626 Filed 4-1-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE CODE 4140-01-P
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CC–5610 (Annex J), or deliver your patient advocates. It includes objectives of individuals and organizations that
comment to the following address: and plans related to key areas of pain have interests in advancing the
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the and pain care, including professional fundamental understanding of pain and
Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th education and training, public improving pain-related treatment
Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 education and communication, service strategies. Some examples of these
(Annex J), Washington, DC 20024. If delivery and reimbursement, prevention organizations include, but are not
possible, submit your paper comment to and care, disparities, and population limited to the following:
the Commission by courier or overnight research. • Caregivers or health system providers
service. (e.g., physicians, physician assistants,
I. Background
The FTC Act and other laws that the nurses, pharmacists)
Commission administers permit the A core recommendation of the 2011 • Researchers
collection of public comments to IOM Report: Relieving Pain in America • Foundations
consider and use in this proceeding as is: ‘‘The Secretary of the Department of • Health care, professional, and
appropriate. The Commission will Health and Human Services should educational organizations/societies
consider all timely and responsive develop a comprehensive, population • Insurers and business groups
public comments that it receives on or health-level strategy for pain • Medicaid- and Medicare-related
before June 1, 2015. For information on prevention, treatment, management, organizations
the Commission’s privacy policy, education, reimbursement, and research • Patients and their advocates
including routine uses permitted by the that includes specific goals, actions, • Pharmaceutical Industry
Privacy Act, see http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/ time frames, and resources.’’ The IOM • Public health organizations
privacy.htm. • State and local public health agencies
report highlighted specific objectives for
the strategy: When responding, please self-identify
David C. Shonka, with any of the above or other categories
Principal Deputy General Counsel. • Describe how efforts across
(include all that apply) and your name.
government agencies, including public-
[FR Doc. 2015–07552 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] Anonymous submissions will not be
private partnerships, can be established,
BILLING CODE 6750–01–P considered. Written materials submitted
coordinated, and integrated to
for consideration should not exceed 5
encourage population-focused research,
pages, not including appendices and
education, communication, and
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND supplemental documents. Responders
community-wide approaches that can
HUMAN SERVICES may submit other forms of electronic
help reduce pain and its consequences
materials to demonstrate or exhibit
and remediate disparities in the
National Institutes of Health concepts of their written responses. We
experience of pain among subgroups of
request that comments be identified by
Solicitation of Written Comments on Americans.
section, subsection, and page number of
Draft National Pain Strategy • Include an agenda for developing the draft so they may be addressed
physiological, clinical, behavioral, accordingly. All comments received
SUMMARY: The National Institute of psychological, outcomes, and health
Neurological Disorders and Stroke before the close of the comment period
services research and appropriate links are available for viewing by the public,
(NINDS) Office of Pain Policy is across these domains.
soliciting public comment on the draft including any personally identifiable or
• Improve pain assessment and confidential business information that is
National Pain Strategy.
management programs within the included in a comment.
DATES: Comments on the draft National service delivery and financing programs
Pain Strategy must be received no later Dated: March 25, 2015.
of the federal government.
than 5 p.m. EST on May 20, 2015. Walter J. Koroshetz,
• Proceed in cooperation with the Acting Director, National Institute of
ADDRESSES: The draft National Pain Interagency Pain Research Coordinating
Strategy is available at: http:// Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National
Committee and the National Institutes of Institutes of Health.
iprcc.nih.gov/docs/ Health’s Pain Consortium and reach out [FR Doc. 2015–07626 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am]
DraftHHSNationalPainStrategy.pdf. to private-sector participants as
Written comments sent electronically BILLING CODE CODE 4140–01–P
appropriate.
are preferred and may be addressed to • Involve the appropriate agencies
NPSPublicComments@NIH.gov. Written and entities. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
responses should be addressed to Linda
Porter, Ph.D., NINDS/NIH, 31 Center • Include ongoing efforts to enhance HUMAN SERVICES
Drive, Room 8A31, Bethesda, MD public awareness about the nature of
chronic pain and the role of self-care in Food and Drug Administration
20892.
its management. [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–0001]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Department of Health and Human
Contact Linda Porter, Ph.D., NINDS/ Services charged the Interagency Pain Biomedical Engineering Society and
NIH, 31 Center Drive, Room 8A31, Research Coordinating Committee FDA Frontiers in Medical Devices:
Bethesda, MD 20892, (IPRCC) with creating a comprehensive Innovations in Modeling and
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft addressing these objectives. AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,
National Pain Strategy reflects the work II. Information Request HHS.
of many offices across the Department of ACTION: Notice of Public Conference
Health and Human Services, The NINDS Office of Pain Policy, on
Department of Defense, and Department behalf of DHHS, requests input on the The Food and Drug Administration
of Veterans Affairs. The draft National draft National Pain Strategy. (FDA) in co-sponsorship with the
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| Dates | Comments on the draft National Pain Strategy must be received no later than 5 p.m. EST on May 20, 2015. | |
| Contact | Contact Linda Porter, Ph.D., NINDS/ NIH, 31 Center Drive, Room 8A31, Bethesda, MD 20892, [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 17757 |
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