Convince me I should renew my SIS membership?

[drusso]

Where is SIS at the MOC battle?
Where is SIS at the site of service/site neutral payment issue?
How is SIS protecting scope of practice of interventional pain?
How is SIS advancing Regen Spine care and protecting patients from illegitimate use of orthobiologics?
Crazy ass, biased pain Medicare LCD's? Where's SIS?
Medicaid expansion states cutting off spine care from Medicaid patients? Where's SIS?

I've been a member for almost 20 years...what have you done for me lately?

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[nvrsumr]

I gave up my membership long time ago. My 2004 ISIS guidelines were the last useful thing that I can think of.

Now just a bunch of can't do teach young academics publishing literature reviews and GIGO meta-analysis papers purporting that nothing interventional works and old fart "masters" teaching weekend warrior courses to the masses and somehow thinking anyone cares what title they gave themselves.

 

[SSdoc33]

I gave up my membership long time ago. My 2004 ISIS guidelines were the last useful thing that I can think of.

Now just a bunch of can't do teach young academics publishing literature reviews and GIGO meta-analysis papers purporting that nothing interventional works and of old fart "masters" teaching weekend warrior courses to the masses and somehow thinking anyone cares what title they gave themselves.

i am not sure that there is any "society" or spine based "organization" that is worth the membership. that being said, if there IS one, it is probably SIS

 

[lobelsteve]

This is the only place where There is academic rigor and that there is still truth in the science of medicine.

Your questions are best posed to the membership committee. I’m sure someone will return your call to let you know what they are doing for you

 

[jimmy johnson123]

I gave up my membership long time ago. My 2004 ISIS guidelines were the last useful thing that I can think of.

Now just a bunch of can't do teach young academics publishing literature reviews and GIGO meta-analysis papers purporting that nothing interventional works and old fart "masters" teaching weekend warrior courses to the masses and somehow thinking anyone cares what title they gave themselves.

I don't think thats SIS that does that.

I think thats more likely to be Chou et al and "integrative" medicine people that want to push mu shu treatments with supplements with zero evidence.

The newest "pain medicine" article where "there is only 13% benefit over sham" was written by an "integrative" specialist that is pushing pseudoscience.

I think its mostly a class war type of thing whereby internal medicine integrative people are upset about salary discrepancies and want to chop down specialist renumeration attacking the lower hanging fruit as they see it.

What I don't get is why "Pain Medicine" journal accepts GIGO articles from integrative quacks doing meta analysis about "invasive procedures".

 

[pastafan]

The GPO benefits cover my membership cost.

 

[NJPAIN]

I think the leaders of the society care most about the medicine and much less so about the $$$. They also seem far less concerned about titles and calling one another professor. Perhaps a bit old fashioned but they get my respect.


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[drusso]

This is the only place where There is academic rigor and that there is still truth in the science of medicine.

Your questions are best posed to the membership committee. I’m sure someone will return your call to let you know what they are doing for you

The state of affairs in this specialty have long-eclipsed high-mined "academic" discussions about scientific rigor and truth. It's now simply a Triumph of Will. We need organizations that are going to fight for access to care for pain/spine patients and the economic interests of practitioners. We need the Thunderdome.

"People come here to trade, make a little profit, do a little business. If you have nothing to trade, you've got no business in Bartertown."

 

[jimmy johnson123]

The state of affairs in this specialty have long-eclipsed high-mined "academic" discussions about scientific rigor and truth. It's now simply a Triumph of Will. We need organizations that are going to fight for access to care for pain/spine patients and the economic interests of practitioners. We need the Thunderdome.

"People come here to trade, make a little profit, do a little business. If you have nothing to trade, you've got no business in Bartertown."

When "integrative" medicine is getting published in "peer reviewed" journals without any evidence of efficacy while simultaneously attacking conventional medical treatments, we have an issue that is bigger than "academia".

When did we normalize this stuff?

 

[lobelsteve]

The state of affairs in this specialty have long-eclipsed high-mined "academic" discussions about scientific rigor and truth. It's now simply a Triumph of Will. We need organizations that are going to fight for access to care for pain/spine patients and the economic interests of practitioners. We need the Thunderdome.

"People come here to trade, make a little profit, do a little business. If you have nothing to trade, you've got no business in Bartertown."

That is not the SIS I know. Your state failed the counrty when it comes to pain. I recommend abandon that ship and let the rats go down with it.

 

[Gauss]

The state of affairs in this specialty have long-eclipsed high-mined "academic" discussions about scientific rigor and truth. It's now simply a Triumph of Will. We need organizations that are going to fight for access to care for pain/spine patients and the economic interests of practitioners. We need the Thunderdome.

Can only shout into the wind for so long, Baker & Dreyfuss burnt out fighting for everyone else. Board was predominantly PP leadership but has been replaced by academics who I doubt have any clue about SOS, LCD's, reimbursements, scope issues. Gotta progress up the academic ladder by taking national/international leadership positions...