Dr. Rosa Schnyer is a clinical assistant professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches undergraduate students resilience, stress management and mindfulness skills. She is also adjunct faculty at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, and guest faculty at Bastyr University and the AOMA School of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Schnyer is the author of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Depression; A Manual for Practice and Research and Curing Depression With Chinese Medicine, and lectures extensively on mental wellness. She has served as past co-president of the Society for Acupuncture Research and as a research consultant to Harvard Medical School, Stanford University, The Beijing Children's Hospital and the New England School of Acupuncture. She maintains a private practice in Austin, Texas. where she integrates Chinese medicine and functional medicine.
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.