The China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences describes itself as the “national comprehensive institution for scientific research, clinical medicine and medical education on traditional Chinese medicine.” Tu Yoyou is a researcher, now retired from the Academy, who extracted a compound that fights malaria from a plant. This is the first time a scientist in China… Read More
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Practice Patterns: What Works and What Pays
icensed acupuncturists often wonder how to build their practice. In numerous healthcare professions similar to acupuncture the practitioner can pull part time hours in some sort of healthcare setting while building a budding private practice at the same time. When I started my psychotherapy practice I held a full time job in psychiatry at the… Read More
The Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2015: A Few Considerations
August 7, 2015 ISSUES TO CONSIDER WHEN DECIDING TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED HOUSE MEDICARE BILL: FEDERAL ACUPUNCTURE COVERAGE ACT OF 2015/16 NGAOM members have been asked to vote to support the House Medicare bill (will get assigned a number once sufficient support is evident) sponsored by California Representative Judy Chu. This bill, known as the… Read More
Mainstreaming acupuncture means everything, risks nothing.
The winds of change have turned into a nor’eastern. The signs that we have entered a new era for this profession are easy to see if we look. Begin with the decline in the number of acupuncture training programs. The federal Gainful Employment Guideline s have put the squeeze on all for-profit vocational education programs… Read More
Unraveling State Laws on Malpractice & Workers Compensation
by Steven Stumpf, EdD Many LAcs assume state laws are pretty much the same when it comes to scope of practice and other matters of law that directly impact the ability of licensed acupuncturists to earn a living. This is not the case. I have a publication coming out in May in the journal EXPLORE… Read More
Leading our profession into a new era of “transparency?” the AOM Leadership (AOML) Conference 2015
Four organizations typically form the cornerstones of most professions. These include (1) a group that represents the professionals (AAAOM); (2) a group that represents the schools (CCAOM, Council of Colleges); (3) a group that accredits those schools (ACAOM); and (4) a group that handles certification testing (NCCAOM). These are the historical “cornerstone” organizations in acupuncture…. Read More
In Point of Fact
The Guild benefits from being a member of the OPEIU which is, in turn, a member of the AFL-CIO. What exactly is that benefit? Guild members are often familiar with the legislative process that governs health professions. Our knowledge can help win important decisions. Here are two recent cases in point. Here are the facts…. Read More
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