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and have achieved national and other than strong opioids. the effort to establish the National All
international recognition. Their peer The Ambulatory Surgery Center Schedules Electronic Reporting Act
reviewed publications include over 470 (NASPER). NASPER is designed to
(ASC) of Paducah is a free-standing
manuscripts and 10 books. Physicians ambulatory surgery center equipped help with the prescription drug abuse
at PMCA – Paducah are specialists in problem by having a central reporting
with state-of-the-art technology and
interventional pain management with competent and caring staff. The system for doctors and pharmacists
extensive training and experience. They to keep track of these prescriptions.
ASC has six operating rooms and
welcome all patients for evaluation and/ a treatment room. It is accredited Dr. Manchikanti’s efforts to have
or treatment of chronic pain. NASPER legislation passed started
to provide multidisciplinary and
in 1999. He was able to spearhead a
PMCA – Paducah has moved it’s multispecialty services. PMCA –
bipartisan coalition in both the U.S.
main office to the Pain Management Paducah physicians provide all of
House and Senate that eventually
Pavilion on Lakeview Drive, their interventional procedures and
adopted NASPER legislation. It was
occupying over 11,000 square feet. surgeries there.
signed into law by President George
With the larger facility, the Pain Dr. Manchikanti is an interventional
Management Center has additional W. Bush in 2005. With NASPER as
pain management physician, professor, their inspiration, most states have
space for performing regular philanthropist, and author. He is
evaluations and follow-ups, and created their own prescription drug
the founder of the American Society monitoring programs. With NASPER
also the expansion of services and of Interventional Pain Physicians
staff to keep pace with the demand as their inspiration, most states have
(ASIPP) and the Pain Physician created their own prescription drug
for cost-effective pain management medical journal. He has been credited
services in the surrounding area. monitoring programs.
with advancing the evolution and
PMCA – Paducah provides excellence development of interventional pain Dr. Manchikanti’s philanthropic
in multiple areas of interventional pain efforts have sponsored several
management as a specialty.
management including minimally schools in India, the United States
invasive surgeries and interventional Dr. Manchikanti has a long history of and also sponsored other activities
techniques. The practice also offers working on access to care for patients in his father’s name, Manchikanti
multiple techniques to reduce opioid and more responsible methods of Yadagiry. Locally, Dr Manchikanti
usage in an effort to control the pain management. As Chairman sponsored McCracken County High
opioid epidemic with the promotion and CEO of the American Society of School’s library which was named the
of multiple modalities of treatments Interventional Pain Physicians, he led Manchikanti Library.

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