Dr. LiMing Tseng is the chair of American Society of Acupuncturists (ASA) Conference Committee. She is a licensed acupuncturist and national leader in the acupuncture profession with 25 years of experience. She has served in various leadership roles, including past founding secretary of the ASA, ASA Conference Committee chair, and co-chair of the ASA & NCCAOM Cultural Competency Task Force. LiMing is an adjunct professor at the New England School of Acupuncture at MCPHS. She is dedicated to advancing inclusive diversity, equity, and access within health care. She has presented talks at numerous conferences and webinars. When not volunteering or teaching, LiMing provides acupuncture medicine care for her patients in the small resort town of Stowe, Vt.
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.