10/01/2012
Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed Rosanne Emanuele of Ann Arbor to the Michigan Board of Acupuncture for a term expiring June 30 2016.
The 13-member board operates through the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and oversees the licensure and practice of acupuncture.
Emanuele is
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08/08/2017
A years-long effort to include acupuncture as a covered treatment in workers comp in Washington state is finally starting to pay off as the Department of Labor & Industries is launching a pilot program of acupuncture to treat low back pain.
Labor & Industries does not currently authorize
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11/09/2018
Preliminary results from a Washington State Department of Labor and Industries pilot program show that acupuncture produced a meaningful reduction in pain for more than half of injured workers with lower-back pain who completed a course of treatment.
In addition to the 69 out of 131 pilot
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01/08/2019
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has opened the comment period for a proposed rule that would allow payment for acupuncture treatment in injured workers.
The approved conditions for acupuncture payment would be low back pain related to an accepted condition on the claim
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04/08/2008
Gov. Rick Perry announced Monday he has appointed Allen Cline of Austin and Karen Siegel of Houston to the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners which regulates the practice of acupuncture in Texas.
Cline is president of Turtle Dragon Health Services. He is a past member of the Texas and
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08/04/2017
The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries will start processing applications for an acupuncture pilot project Tuesday.
The department will enroll workers in the two-year study of the efficacy of acupuncture for treating occupational injuries. Up to 150 acupuncturists will be able to
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01/28/2019
The federal government has launched an assessment of whether Medicare should pay for acupuncture treatment for chronic low back pain a move that could bolster the acceptance of the therapy in workers comp.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services started a National Coverage Analysis of
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12/18/2020
The Division shall pay for acupuncture procedures only if the services are performed by a health care provider as defined in W.S. 27-14-102x who is certified to perform acupuncture. Before the Division will issue any payment for acupuncture services the health care provider shall submit to
Category: Regulations
12/18/2020
The Division shall pay for acupuncture procedures only if the services are performed by a health care provider as defined in W.S. 27-14-102x who is certified to perform acupuncture. Before the Division will issue any payment for acupuncture services the health care provider shall submit to
Category: Regulations
01/24/2019
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a rule that will allow the agency and self-insured employers to pay for acupuncture to treat injured workers low back pain.
Under the proposed rule acupuncture treatment would be limited to a maximum of 10 visits and could be used
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