David Bibbey, Dipl. Ac., LAc

David Bibbey has served on the Florida State Oriental Medical Association’s board of directors for a decade, including serving as FSOMA president from 2021-2023. He is currently chair of the association’s Legislative Committee. He also practices in Crystal River, Fla.; and is the CEO of Patient Data Protection, LLC, a HIPAA and ADA compliance company specializing in supporting small practices and sole providers with HIPAA Privacy & Security Rule technologies and ADA website accessibility.

Previous Articles

Changing Acupuncture Practice Models and Compliance Requirements
November 1, 2025 (Vol. 26, Issue 11)
What’s Holding Acupuncture Back in 2025?
August 1, 2025 (Vol. 26, Issue 8)
Online Tracking Technologies: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your Practice
September 1, 2024 (Vol. 25, Issue 9)
Common HIPAA Violations Every Acupuncturist Should Know
January 2024 (Vol. 25, Issue 1)
How Florida Saved the "Acupuncture Physician" Title
October 2023 (Vol. 24, Issue 10)
Avoiding the Perils of Data Breaches
July 2023 (Vol. 24, Issue 07)
HHS Warning About Website Tracking: What It Means for Your Practice
April 2023 (Vol. 24, Issue 04)
HIPAA-Compliant Online Payment & Billing
December 2022 (Vol. 23, Issue 12)
Here's How to Avoid the Three Most Common (and Expensive) HIPAA Failures
October 2022 (Vol. 23, Issue 10)
Has Your State Eliminated the HIPAA Compliance "Loophole"?
August 2022 (Vol. 23, Issue 08)
Have You Documented Your HIPAA Security Risk Assessment (SRA)?
June 2022 (Vol. 23, Issue 06)
State Patient Health Information Privacy Laws: Know What's Required
April 2022 (Vol. 23, Issue 04)
Annual HIPAA Compliance Training
March 2022 (Vol. 23, Issue 03)
HIPAA Compliance 101: Email Protection
February 2022 (Vol. 23, Issue 02)
Is Your Practice Website ADA Compliant?
April 2021 (Vol. 22, Issue 04)
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The most important relationship I seek to nurture in the treatment room is the one a patient has with their own body. We live in a culture that teaches us to override pain, defer to outside authority, and push through discomfort. Patients often arrive hoping I can “fix” them, but the truth is, we can’t do the work for them. We can offer guidance, insight and support, but healing requires their full participation.

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Chinese medical theory details each meridian’s functions and associations, which can be extrapolated for metaphorical significance. For example, the Large Intestine (LI) meridian expels physical and emotional waste, supporting systemic purification and renewal. Its anatomical trajectory, which traverses the index finger, upper extremity, shoulder, neck, and terminates at the contralateral nasolabial groove, also serves as a narrative metaphor, eloquently illustrating my journey from acupuncturist to colon and rectal surgeon.

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Transformational Work With Anxiety (Pt. 1): Panic Attack
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When we are in the grips of an anxious pattern, it dominates our brain and nervous system, and we lose our normal body-mind regulation. In this and subsequent articles, I present effective mindfulness-based method* via case study, that we can add to our acupuncture treatments to help clients consciously stop the dysregulating cascade of events and bring “distressed parts” into coherent body-mind-spirit integration.

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Kamala Quale, MSOM, LAc