Andrew Gaeddert is a member of the American Herbalists Guild and has written numerous books and articles regarding the effectiveness of herbal medicine. In 1992, he helped develop an herbal formula which was the subject of a double-blind clinical trial on HIV patients at the University of California San Francisco, the first time an herbal formula had received such evaluation in the U.S.
Mr. Gaeddert has studied with master herbalists from the U.S. and China for the past decade and maintains an herbal/dietary therapy practice in northern California. He is currently a member of a protocol team investigating the effects of Chinese herbs on HIV-associated chronic diarrhea. He is also part of a double-blind study funded by the National Institutes of Health examining the effectiveness of Chinese herbs to combat anemia.
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.