National Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance

WHAT DOES THE ACUPUNCTURE ALLIANCE DO?

Although it would be impossible to list all the functions of the Acupuncture Alliance, the following illustrates several facets of the work of the organization:

The Acupuncture Alliance:

• maintains an active patient referral service via fax, phone and world wide web that has been cited in hundreds of resources ranging from Andrew Weils newsletter and Harvard Health Letter to USA Today, Shape Magazine, New Woman Magazine and Natural Health;
• is actively supporting acupuncture at a federal level, including the Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act and inclusion in the Access to Medical Treatment Act;
• is working with 11 states to pass new acupuncture legislation;
• represents the profession at national and international forums such as the doctoral meetings and the NAFTA Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Commission;
• provides information regarding the benefits of acupuncture and Oriental medicine to countless media sources each year including McCalls, Vogue, NBC, Vegi Life, Consumers Digest, The Washingtonian, Glamour and Microsoft Encarta;
• provides an annual conference with outstanding policy discussions, continuing education workshops and consumer programs;
• has brought issues such as OSHA and endangered species to the attention of the profession;
• works with HMOs, third party payers, hospitals and rehabilitation clinics to include acupuncture and Oriental medicine in their plans.