Acupuncture Center of La Jolla

Another validation of how acupuncture is gaining wider acceptance as a safe, effective and non-addictive alternative to opioids... and many patients in our practice can attest to it! Attorneys General to Insurers: Cover Acupuncture reposted from: Acupuncture Today November, 2017, Vol. 18, Issue 11... U.S. attorneys general representing nearly 40 states / territories have taken an important step in combating the opioid epidemic, highlighting nondrug pain management options and increasing insurance policies toward and coverage of acupuncture and other conservative treatment options. The National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter, dated Sept. 18, 2017 and signed by 35 state attorneys general (and the attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), to Marilyn Tavenner, president / CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans. The letter requests Ms. Tavenner, whose organization represents an estimated 1,300 member companies that sell health insurance to more than 200 million Americans, "take proactive steps to encourage your members to review their payment and coverage policies and revise them, as necessary and appropriate, to encourage healthcare providers to prioritize non-opioid pain management options over opioid prescriptions for the treatment of chronic, non-cancer pain." Among the "effective non-opioid alternatives": acupuncture, massage, physical therapy and chiropractic care. The letter goes on to state: "In the near future, working in conjunction with other institutional stakeholders (such as State Insurance Commissioners), we hope to initiate a dialogue concerning your members' incentive structures in an effort to identify those practices that are conducive to these efforts and those that are not. We hope that this process will highlight problematic policies and spur increased use of non-opioid pain management techniques." Attorneys general whose signatures grace the Sept. 19 letter hail from Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Acupuncture is continually gaining acceptance in the eyes of medical doctors and insurance companies! http://www.healthcmi.com//1721-it-s-official-acupuncture-d

We have been working for more than 25 years to help couples get pregnant and have the family they have been longing for. Studies like this only confirm what we have known for a long time! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26946729

The National Institutes of Health published this in March - treating carpal tunnel pain with acupuncture. We've known for years just how well acupuncture works!! https://nccih.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/carpal

We can help with most back pain problems - it's more common than you might think... Western medicine is coming around to accepting that acupuncture shouldn't be your last resort! http://www.pacificcollege.edu//american-college-physicians

We've been treating migraine headaches successfully for many years. If you know someone who is suffering needlessly, let them know about us! Even Western Medicine is beginning to understand the amazing things that acupuncture can do! http://www.cnn.com///migraine-treatment-acupuncture-study/

We have a remarkable patient who is doing a remarkable thing - running 7 marathons on 7 continents and all in one year's time! If that wasn't enough, she has multiple sclerosis. Combine that with an amazing spirit and a will to succeed and you have Cheryl Hile. Cheryl is an inspiration to us all. Check out her blog to follow her on her incredible journey - http://www.cherylhile.com

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Springtime is here. Some of us know because our allergies flare up. Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine can definitely help with symptoms and relief! http://www.healthcmi.com//1846-acupuncture-relief-of-nasal

Another validation of how acupuncture is gaining wider acceptance as a safe, effective and non-addictive alternative to opioids... and many patients in our practice can attest to it! Attorneys General to Insurers: Cover Acupuncture reposted from: Acupuncture Today November, 2017, Vol. 18, Issue 11... U.S. attorneys general representing nearly 40 states / territories have taken an important step in combating the opioid epidemic, highlighting nondrug pain management options and increasing insurance policies toward and coverage of acupuncture and other conservative treatment options. The National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter, dated Sept. 18, 2017 and signed by 35 state attorneys general (and the attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), to Marilyn Tavenner, president / CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans. The letter requests Ms. Tavenner, whose organization represents an estimated 1,300 member companies that sell health insurance to more than 200 million Americans, "take proactive steps to encourage your members to review their payment and coverage policies and revise them, as necessary and appropriate, to encourage healthcare providers to prioritize non-opioid pain management options over opioid prescriptions for the treatment of chronic, non-cancer pain." Among the "effective non-opioid alternatives": acupuncture, massage, physical therapy and chiropractic care. The letter goes on to state: "In the near future, working in conjunction with other institutional stakeholders (such as State Insurance Commissioners), we hope to initiate a dialogue concerning your members' incentive structures in an effort to identify those practices that are conducive to these efforts and those that are not. We hope that this process will highlight problematic policies and spur increased use of non-opioid pain management techniques." Attorneys general whose signatures grace the Sept. 19 letter hail from Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.