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Start with the orientation to learn how an interventional pain clinic runs, then build depth with the full pain management course for nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
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A comprehensive, evidence-based pain management course for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), including PAs and NPs. Since 2008, over 3,500 clinicians have used PainExam to prepare for certification. Complete and claim 40 CME!
$299.99 first payment, $99.99 / year onwards
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Orients nurse practitioners and physician assistants to the evaluation, triage, management, coding, and billing of an interventional pain practice. Self-paced, narrated, with knowledge checks, capstone cases, and a post-test.
$199
Practical, self-paced pain management training for advanced practice providers joining a pain practice, primary care, or specialty clinic. Built by a board-certified interventional pain physician.
Take a focused pain history and exam that supports diagnosis and medical necessity
Prescribe opioids and adjuvants more safely with PDMP checks, agreements, and urine drug testing
Understand injections, radiofrequency ablation, and neuromodulation, and when to refer
Apply Medicare LCD documentation rules and level E/M visits by MDM or time
Triage post-procedure, device, and medication calls and recognize red flags
Review pharmacology and spine, neuropathic, cancer, and pelvic pain with 225+ lectures and quizzes
Free preview lessons + a free checklist
Bundle: $398.99 for the first year, then $99.99/year. Buying both courses separately costs $498.99 the first year (APP Orientation Course $199 + Pain for the Advanced Practice Providers $299.99).
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants who are new to pain medicine or joining an interventional pain, primary care, or specialty practice. Practices also use it to onboard new APPs.
You pay $398.99 for the first year of access to both courses. After that, the subscription renews at $99.99 per year for continued access and each December update. You can cancel anytime.
Each year we review both courses for changes in Medicare coverage rules (LCDs), coding and billing, and clinical guidance, and update the affected lessons before the new rules take effect in January.
Yes. Enter your email in the free preview section above to get free preview lessons from both courses and our free printable Pain Evaluation Checklist for NPs and PAs.
Pain for the Advanced Practice Providers offers CME on completion; see its course page for details. CME for the APP Orientation Course has been applied for and is not offered until approval.
No. The courses are general education. Always follow your scope of practice, your supervising or collaborating physician, your practice policies, and current payer rules.
