Payers

Providers and Payers
Written By Murray McAllister

Please use this site as:

  • A resource to find empirical based chronic pain treatment protocols
  • Information to aid in developing treatment guidelines

The Institute for Chronic Pain is committed to changing the current practice of chronic painmanagement through rigorous adherence to the principles of empirical based healthcare and providing information about it that's approachable to the public. This goal will involve changes to reimbursement practices. Reimbursement practices should, in our opinion, foster the delivery of empirically-based treatments and discourage the use of treatments that are not empirically supported. Doing so, will help chronic pain patients and will help to make the healthcare system more sustainable.

Together, we can affect this change in a mutually beneficial way.

Please contact us with consulting inquiries.

Murray McAllister

Murray J. McAllister, PsyD, is a pain psychologist, and the founder and editor of the Institute for Chronic Pain. He holds a Doctor of Psychology degree from Antioch University, New England, and a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Oregon. He also consults to pain clinics and health systems on redesigning pain care delivery to make it more empirically supported and cost effective. Dr. McAllister is a frequent presenter to conferences and is a published author in peer reviewed journals. His current research interests are in the relationships between fear-avoidance, pain catastrophizing, and perceived disability.

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