In early 2021, CMS announced that Medicare would now cover acupuncture treatments for chronic lower back pain. The elderly would have 20 sessions of acupuncture treatment under Medicare since then. This was originally thought to have been exciting news for the elderly. However, these patients soon found out that although acupuncture was covered by Medicare, … Read more
Greetings fellow American acupuncturists! We are writing to announce the formation of the American Alliance for Professional Acupuncture Safety (AAPAS)that we have formed as a non-profit organization to help protect acupuncture’s long reputation as a safe and effective practice. We are all very concerned about the recent expansion of “dry needling,” the use of acupuncture … Read more
This article in Acupuncture Today, discusses the lawsuit filed in North Carolina in September 2015 by the North Carolina Acupuncture Licensing Board (NCALB).
This press release from the National Center for Acupuncture Safety and Integrity discusses the Washington court to ban dry needling as practiced by physical therapists.
