An integrative medicine colleague challenged me on the evidence-base for arguing that integrative practices deserve to be highlighted in the National Prevention (and Health Promotion) Strategy. Here are some morsels from 2010 from Dan Cherkin-Karen...
Federal policy makers like US Senators Bernie Sanders, Tom Harkin and Barbara Mikulski who champion integrative medicine and complementary and alternative medicine inserted the phrases "integrative health practitioners" and "integrative health care"...
Flurry of opposition to AMA ownership of CPT codes amidst report of AMA's $70-million of annual royalties ... Center for Public Integrity reports "secretive" AMA committee that guides Medicare priorities on billions of dollars ... AAAOM, CRN...
I split my professional life between the Integrator and related writing and the organization featured here, the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC). This Quarterly Report describes how the release of the...
AMA specialists seek continued discrimination against integrative practitioners in effort to repeal Section 2706 of healthcare overhaul ... Ornish program receives penultimate boost toward full coverage from CMS/Medicare ... AANP proposes a...
At the end of her talk before the National Press Club on April 6, 2010, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was popped a question on "acupuncture, meditation and other alternative healing methods." Sebelius responds positively, if...
What integrative practice associations are saying about healthcare overhaul ... CMS/Medicare nominee Berwick and his principles for integrative medicine ... Patient outcomes from Penny George Institute inpatient integrative care ... Ground-breaking...
McCain-Dorgan bill stirs battle over supplement regulation McCain backs off ... Action urged to support "licensed integrative practitioners" in federal legislation ... Senator Mikulski salutes Integrative Healthcare Symposium attendees ... Bill...
On or about the winter solstice, the Integrator announces a Top 10 from the previous year which will support the coming of the light for integrative practice in the New Year. Here is the 2009 Integrator Top 10 for integrative policy, practice...
That NCCAM's 2011-2015 strategic plan is critically important to the future of the integrative practice field is clear from this set of stakeholder responses. Together, these 8 organizations represent over 360,000 licensed practitioners: Integrated...
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