Dr. Arthur Yin Fan graduated from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine in China (MD, 1986; PhD,1998). His mentor was Professor Zhou Zhongying, a leading Great Master in Chinese medicine. He also has an academic lineage with Dr. Zhang Jianzhai, a leading Chinese medicine doctor in the stage 1920-1949. He was the director of neurology at NUCM, the third hospital, and a founder of the Nanjing Center for Brain Diseases.
Dr. Fan immigrated to the U.S. in 2001 and was a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, engaged in pharmacology and toxicology research of Chinese medicine and dietary supplements. From 2002 to 2005, he worked at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine as an NIH Fellow in Chinese Medicine, engaged in research of acupuncture mechanism in inflammation and pain modulation, Chinese medicine single-herb and compound-formula, Huoluo Xiaoling Dan’s pharmacology, toxicology comparative study.
Currently, Dr. Fan practices acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. He is the director of the McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; the vice president and director of scientific research for the American TCM Association (ATCMA); associate editor-in-chief of the Journal of Integrative Medicine; and a consultant for acupuncture research at Stanford University. He received two congressional awards (2015 and 2017) as one of the leading promoters of acupuncture / TCM, including Medicare coverage.
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.