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Passage Of NASPER Law Is Celebrated In 2005, But Work Continues

Bill Signing Pen

At ASIPP's 2005 Annual Meeting in Washington, Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Representative Ed Whitfield (R-KY), present ASIPP CEO Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD (far right) with the pen used by President Bush to sign the NASPER law.

12/18/2007 Representative Nussle

NASPER Receives Support From Congressional Leaders in a signed letter to Jim Nussle, Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Click here to read the letter of support for National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Act.

8/12/2005 President Bush and Dr. Manchikanti President Bush Signs NASPER Into Law
With the flourish of a pen, President Bush improved patient care -- promoting quality pain relief with accountability -- and made history for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), when he signed NASPER prescription drug abuse legislation into law Thursday night, August 11. ASIPP is a national organization of approximately 4,000 members headquartered in Paducah, Ky., has been working for the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Act since 1999. (Photo: President George W. Bush and ASIPP CEO, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD)
7/29/2005 NASPER Victory
5/25/2005 Senate committee approves NASPER

Congressional Hearing on Prescription Drug Monitoring

12/18/2007

Hearing before the Senate on Prescription Drug Monitoring

8/12/2005 Congressional Testimony on "Prescription Drug Monitoring: Strategies to Promote Treatment and Deter Prescription Drug Abuse"
presented by Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, President, ASIPP

> Click here for copy of the Testimony
> Click here for complete Hearing Report