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In addition to the mobile apps, ASRA publishes the peer-reviewed digital newsletter ''ASRA Pain Medicine News'' (formerly ''ASRA News'') and operates its annual meeting program.<ref name="asra-newsletter-history" />
In addition to the mobile apps, ASRA publishes the peer-reviewed digital newsletter ''ASRA Pain Medicine News'' (formerly ''ASRA News'') and operates its annual meeting program.<ref name="asra-newsletter-history" />


== Incidents ==
==Incidents==
 
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
=== Cease-and-desist against the CoagRef app ===
 
{{Main|ASRA cease and desist against CoagRef}}
 
In May 2026, Rishi Kumar, MD, a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist who publishes a suite of free clinical reference apps at rkref.app,<ref name="rkmd-about" /> announced on his public Facebook page that he was removing '''CoagRef''', a free no-subscription iOS reference app he had written, from his websites and from the Apple App Store after receiving legal demands from lawyers representing what he described as "a large organization in anesthesiology."<ref name="kumar-fb" /> CoagRef summarized the same anticoagulation timing recommendations addressed by ASRA Coags, drawn from the publicly downloadable BMJ guideline PDFs published in ''Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine''.<ref name="rapm-horlocker-2018" /><ref name="rapm-kopp-2025" /> Kumar's post does not name the organization that sent the demands; the only anesthesiology organization that publishes a competing Coags-branded reference app whose underlying guidelines drive both products is ASRA, which makes the linkage circumstantial rather than confirmed by the developer.<ref name="kumar-fb" /><ref name="appstore-current" /> The CoagRef App Store listing at apps.apple.com/us/app/coagref/id1462215262 currently returns a 404 "The page you're looking for can't be found" error, confirming the takedown.<ref name="coagref-404" /> ASRA has not publicly addressed the CoagRef takedown, and its own apps page contains no statement about the matter.<ref name="asra-apps-page" />
 
=== ASRA Coags app subscription bait-and-switch ===


===ASRA Coags app subscription bait-and-switch (''2025'')===
On April 21, 2025, ASRA shipped version 4.0 of the ASRA Coags iOS app.<ref name="appstore-current" /> The App Store version history records the v4.0 release notes only as "Update the ui and contents," with no disclosure that the app would now require an annual subscription.<ref name="appstore-current" /> Before that update, an archived December 14, 2024 Wayback capture of the App Store listing showed the app priced at $3.99 as a one-time purchase with no subscription component.<ref name="appstore-wayback-2024" /> After the update, prior purchasers reported being locked out of content they had previously paid for and required to enroll in a $6.99 annual subscription or in ASRA Pain Medicine membership to regain access.<ref name="sdn-1508690" /><ref name="appstore-current" /> On May 1, 2025, a Student Doctor Network thread titled "ASRA Coags App now Membership Only" documented the lockout; one poster in that thread wrote that they had asked ASRA for a refund "as my paid for app was no longer functional" and had been offered "a year free" instead.<ref name="sdn-1508690" /> A July 21, 2025 follow-up thread documented that the policy remained in place "despite the backlash."<ref name="sdn-1511800" /> App Store reviewer Blahghg posted on the App Store on June 12, 2025:
On April 21, 2025, ASRA shipped version 4.0 of the ASRA Coags iOS app.<ref name="appstore-current" /> The App Store version history records the v4.0 release notes only as "Update the ui and contents," with no disclosure that the app would now require an annual subscription.<ref name="appstore-current" /> Before that update, an archived December 14, 2024 Wayback capture of the App Store listing showed the app priced at $3.99 as a one-time purchase with no subscription component.<ref name="appstore-wayback-2024" /> After the update, prior purchasers reported being locked out of content they had previously paid for and required to enroll in a $6.99 annual subscription or in ASRA Pain Medicine membership to regain access.<ref name="sdn-1508690" /><ref name="appstore-current" /> On May 1, 2025, a Student Doctor Network thread titled "ASRA Coags App now Membership Only" documented the lockout; one poster in that thread wrote that they had asked ASRA for a refund "as my paid for app was no longer functional" and had been offered "a year free" instead.<ref name="sdn-1508690" /> A July 21, 2025 follow-up thread documented that the policy remained in place "despite the backlash."<ref name="sdn-1511800" /> App Store reviewer Blahghg posted on the App Store on June 12, 2025:


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The app's overall App Store rating sat at 1.3 stars across 391 ratings as of the May 2026 capture.<ref name="appstore-current" />
The app's overall App Store rating sat at 1.3 stars across 391 ratings as of the May 2026 capture.<ref name="appstore-current" />
===Cease-and-desist against the CoagRef app (''2026'')===
{{Main|ASRA cease and desist against CoagRef}}
In May 2026, Rishi Kumar, MD, a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist who publishes a suite of free clinical reference apps at rkref.app,<ref name="rkmd-about" /> announced on his public Facebook page that he was removing '''CoagRef''', a free no-subscription iOS reference app he had written, from his websites and from the Apple App Store after receiving legal demands from lawyers representing what he described as "a large organization in anesthesiology."<ref name="kumar-fb" /> CoagRef summarized the same anticoagulation timing recommendations addressed by ASRA Coags, drawn from the publicly downloadable BMJ guideline PDFs published in ''Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine''.<ref name="rapm-horlocker-2018" /><ref name="rapm-kopp-2025" /> Kumar's post does not name the organization that sent the demands; the only anesthesiology organization that publishes a competing Coags-branded reference app whose underlying guidelines drive both products is ASRA, which makes the linkage circumstantial rather than confirmed by the developer.<ref name="kumar-fb" /><ref name="appstore-current" /> The CoagRef App Store listing at apps.apple.com/us/app/coagref/id1462215262 currently returns a 404 "The page you're looking for can't be found" error, confirming the takedown.<ref name="coagref-404" /> ASRA has not publicly addressed the CoagRef takedown, and its own apps page contains no statement about the matter.<ref name="asra-apps-page" />


== See also ==
== See also ==
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