by NMSAAM | Sep 23, 2020 | business, meetings, NMSAAM Board
This past year has been challenging, but we have still managed to get a few things done. In January 2020 CMS announced the decision to include acupuncture benefits to Medicare patients for chronic low back pain. They will cover 12 visits in a 90-day period with an...
by NMSAAM | May 26, 2020 | business
The following was sent to us by a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington: With growing concern and unrest in the face of the COVID-19 global pandemic, there is no better time to come together as a community and gain perspective on the acupuncture...
by NMSAAM | May 21, 2020 | business
Guidelines from the New Mexico Department of Health for reopening our practices are out at last, as of yesterday, May 20, 2020. We know that a number of DOMs had been calling the DOH without getting any clear answers. There was a lot of conflicting information, and...
by NMSAAM | May 6, 2020 | business, DOM licensure
Greetings fair NM DOMs! Since the BAOM planned to require in-person CPR/AED/BLS as of this year to renew our licenses, we at NMSAAM thought that it would be fun for 18 per class of us to do it together, so we sponsored a class for June 13 at Action CPR. As you...
by NMSAAM | Apr 12, 2019 | business
A total of 63 DOMs responded to the survey. The majority of the DOMs who responded bill insurance for more than half of their patients. Most of those who don’t accept insurance stated it is because of closed panels and because of presumed hassles associated with...
