Dr. Clasina “Sina” Leslie Smith is an international speaker, educator, activist, and physician-acupuncturist specializing in complex patients. She is the author of Demystifying Acupuncture: Modern Answers About Ancient Medicine, and is known for bridging Eastern and Western medical approaches in both clinical care and professional education. She is currently launching education courses for dentists in auricular acupressure and maintains an online learning platform. She serves on multiple national boards and maintains a private integrative medical practice in Chicago, Ill. Contact: DrSina@SinaSmithMD.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.