In an effort to provide acupuncturists with a current list of every important event related to the profession, Acupuncture Today will begin publishing a national acupuncture calendar. Individual acupuncturists, associations, colleges, organizations and related companies are invited to submit details of their upcoming events for publication in Acupuncture Today. The calendar is a free service; there is no cost to have your events listed in the publication.
If you would like to submit an event, please provide the following information:
Event date
Event name/description
City/state event is happening in
Instructor
Event sponsor (your organization)
Contact person
Telephone number (including area code)
To submit your information, please contact Acupuncture Today by fax (714-536-1482), mail (Acupuncture Today, PO Box 6070, Huntington Beach, CA 92615-6070) or e-mail calendar@acupuncturetoday.com.
When we talk about fertility, the focus is often placed on the ovaries and the uterus. Yet sperm-related factors contribute to nearly half of all cases of infertility. Whether someone is navigating fertility care alone or with a partner, and whether building a family through intercourse, IVI, IUI or IVF, it’s vital to include sperm health in the picture.
With some plans – and it starts with Medicare (CMS) – there is a payment protocol that may be referred to as a multi-therapy discount, but its official name is the multiple-procedure payment reduction (MPPR). If a health care provider performs multiple procedures during a single patient encounter, Medicare (and many commercial insurers) typically will pay “full price” for only the highest-valued procedure.
Our team of authors offer this paper (and this descriptive AT series) as a support for you as a professional, practitioner and member of the acupuncture community at large. We hope that it will serve to further the needs of acupuncturists everywhere and also act as a guide for those wishing to learn about Acupuncture Medicine – patients, healthcare decision makers, policymakers, and other stakeholders.