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Watch as our guests discuss the Minnesota Intractable Pain Bill, advocacy efforts, future legislation, and what patients, advocates and caregivers can do to get involved in their state.
Dr. Hess is Board-certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Management. He is a medical director with over 31 years of experience overseeing medical practices from the ground up. Dr. Hess has a successful track record of developing strong administrative and healthcare teams and he is committed to continuous clinical quality improvement and business growth. Dr. Hess has done significant work with pain medical-legal cases involving Worker’s Compensation and Injuries and extensive work with legislative process on behalf of pain patients and providers. He has many roles under this belt, but from 1994 to 2022 he was the Medical Director of the United Pain Center at United Hospital and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Cammie LaValle resides in Minnesota with her extremely supportive husband Dan. Cammie developed CRPS in 2013 after a carpal tunnel surgery on her right hand. Like most people with CRPS, the diagnosis was not quick, and to find physicians well versed in CRPS was extremely challenging. The CRPS gradually spread to other areas of her body, eventually becoming systemic and rendering her disabled in 2016. Prior to the surgery, Cammie operated her own consulting business providing paralegal services to numerous law firms in addition to contracting with a Minnesota Union as a Membership Specialist.
Recently, Cammie received a call from the Minnesota Council on Disability, informing her she was nominated for and won an Exceptional Advocate Award. The award is a recognition of individuals, or groups, based on their advocacy efforts that contribute to a better life for people with disabilities in Minnesota. You can learn more about the award here: bit.ly/43EyZWE
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Read the Minnesota Intractable Pain Statute here: www.revisor.mn...
Check out Cammie and Dr. Hess on the news! "MN law change, now in effect, could be life-saving for chronic pain patients": bit.ly/3s1xSDd
View the Patient Abandonment and Forced Opioid Taper Questionnaire Results as of August 2, 2023 here: bit.ly/456NqDW
To learn more about complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), visit Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (RSDSA)’s website at rsds.org.
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