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May 2006: ISIPP president Dr. Scott Glaser, pictured with Dr. Lax Manchikanti, Dr Ira Goodman, and Congresswoman Judy Biggert, presides over the first ISIPP meeting held in Chicago.

The Illinois State Society held a special meeting on May 5 2006, in conjunction with the ASIPP Competency Review Courses, at the Westin on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. ISIPP president Scott Glaser, M.D. reported on the status of Illinois' progress on their bill to implement a controlled substance monitoring program which will meet the requirements of NASPER. The Illinois state bill is currently stalled in committee but it is hoped that it will be revived again after the November elections. A physician's advisory committee will meet this summer to work on the bill's passage. Honored speakers at the event were ASIPP CEO, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, M.D. and Representative Judy Biggert (R-IL). Biggert has been a friend to IPM and AIPP and when approached in 2004 for her support of NASPER, she understood the need and demonstrated her support by co-sponsoring it in the House of Representatives. Biggert spoke on several issues important to physicians, such as HHS funding for NASPER and pay-for-performance. 

Dr. Glaser and Dr. Goodman with the Founder and CEO of ASIPP, Dr. Lax Manchikanti, and Congresswoman Judy Biggert.		Dr. Glaser with his Representative and neighbor, Congresswoman Judy Biggert.

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