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... The report, Achieving Balance in State Pain Policy: A Progress Report Card evaluates state policies to improve pain management and patient care. It was prepared by the University of Wisconsin Pain & Policy Studies Group (PPSG) and jointly funded the American Cancer Society, the ... Director for ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. "Now, more than ever, state regulations are defining ways for health care facilities, such as hospitals, nursing homes and hospices, to make pain assessment and treatment an expected element of patient ... adopted new policies to improve access to effective pain management between 2008 and 2012. The policy improvement was largely a result of state health care regulatory boards adopting policies to encourage appropriate pain management, and state legislatures repealing restrictive or ambiguous ...