Gilian Neiditch Lata is a nationally licensed acupuncturist. After graduating summa cum laude with departmental honors from UCLA, she earned a master's degree in Oriental medicine from Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine. Prior to starting her practice, she interned at the UCLA Arthur Ashe Health Center in Westwood, California. During her master's program, she became pregnant and utilized the resources available through her knowledge of Oriental medicine to provide a healthy, enjoyable pregnancy and postpartum experience. Having gained firsthand knowledge of the benefits of herbal therapy and acupuncture for pregnancy, fertility, and women's issues, she chose to focus her practice in that direction. Gilian can be reached at gilian@restorativeacupuncture.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.