Kristen Tipaldo is a doctor of acupuncture with 20 years of industry experience ranging from small wellness centers to a military hospital with proficiency conveying medical concepts to reach patients and colleagues on any level. Her expertise lies in psycho-emotional, neurology, orthopedics, adjunctive treatment for chemotherap-induced pain/nausea, and Dermatology. She is an educator and CEU provider, training professional acupuncture physicians and students alike. She does this through her continuing-education classes and as an adjunct professor at East West College of Natural Medicine. She strives to uphold the integrity of the profession through serving on the Florida Board of Acupuncture, appointed by the governor of Florida.
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.