Archive for October, 2011

Member Name: Christine C Knight
Business Name: Christine Knight, LAC
Business Address: 819 SE Morrison Ste 140
City: Portland
State: OR
Zip: 97214 
Phone Number: 503-504-4735 
Website: christineknightacupuncture.com 
Specialty/Expertise: Acupuncture, bodywork, injury treatment and prevention 
Business Description: I focus on pain management using acupuncture, bodywork, cupping, guasha, facilitated stretching and education regarding strengthening and movement. I work athletes of all kinds; dancers, martial artists, runners to name a few. I also use chinese herbs for internal illness and work closely with other types of practitioners.

Member Name: Brehan Crawford
Business Name: McMinnville Community Acupuncture
Business Address: 737 NW Adams St
City: McMinnville
State: OR
Zip: 97128
Phone Number: 504-548-7834
Website: http://www.mcaclinic.com
Specialty/Expertise: Herbal medicine and nutrition for chronic degenerative disease

Member Name: Dennis “Kaz” Kasunic
Business Name: Yin Yang Acupuncture
Business Address: 2534 NW Vaughn St
City: Portland
State: Oregon
Zip: 97210
Phone Number: 503-238-5920
Website: http://www.yinyangacu.com/
Specialty/Expertise: Sports Medicine

Member Name: Anja Middelveld
Business Name: Healing Path Holistic Medicine Clinic
Business Address: 3880 SE Harrison Street
City: Milwaukie
State: OR
Zip: 97222
Phone Number: 503 513 4665
Website: healingpathclinic.com
Specialty/Expertise: pain relief, fertility, menstrual and menopause issues, digestive issues
Business Description: Welcome to Healing Path Holistic Medicine Clinic where we offer therapeutic acupuncture, massage, and diet and nutritional therapy in a uniquely serene and comfortable environment. We have a passion for healing the body holistically and naturally, and our treatments are given with the utmost care for you and your condition. All modalities are natural, holistic, and individually tailored to meet your needs, and are provided by licensed and certified health care practitioners. Our services are often covered by insurance, and we are happy to work with you and your insurance company to help you achieve your health care goals. Our clinic is conveniently located in Milwaukie (10-15 min from SE Portland/downtown), has ample parking in the back, and is convenient to neighborhoods in Milwaukie, East Portland, Clackamas, Gladstone, Oregon City, Sellwood, and Happy Valley. Our office is open for scheduling & reception Monday through Friday. We look forward to guiding you on your Healing Path.

Member Name: Allyndreth Stead, L.Ac.
Business Name: White Phoenix Acupuncture
Business Address: 8235 SE 13th Ave Ste 11
City: Portland
State: OR
Zip: 97202
Phone Number: 503-746-9403
Website: http://www.whitephoenix.org
Specialty/Expertise: Internal Medicine (allergies, digestive issues, auto-immune conditions, cancer)
Business Description: White Phoenix Acupuncture is a community acupuncture clinic providing treatments on a sliding scale to all, regardless of income or insurance status. This allows you to choose an amount that is light and right for your circumstances. Located in the Sellwood neighborhood, two blocks south of Tacoma on the 70 bus line. Come in, settle into a comfy chair or on a massage table, and start on your path to end pain and enjoy greater well being.

Member Name: Adam C Burrill
Business Name: Burrill Acupuncture
Business Address: 3030 SE Francis St
City: Portland
State: OR
Zip: 97202
Phone Number: 503-572-7049
Website: http://www.burrillacupuncture.com

Do you dispense or prescribe herbs and supplements?

New Dietary Guidelines issued by the FDA as a Draft Guidence for New Dietary Ingredients (NDIs) may make it impossible to purchase, sell and distribute herbal and supplement formulas.

Take action now!  
Read the information here on the FDA website or
here on the regulations.gov website

The FDA will take comment until December 2, 2011
Submit your comments online

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FDA-2011-D-0376-0079

• The FDA has extended the comment period by 60 days to December 2, 2011,  for the notice entitled “Draft Guidance for Industry; Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues; Availability,” that appeared in the Federal Register of July 5, 2011. In that document, the FDA announced the availability of a draft guidance for industry and related comments. The agency is taking this action in response to a request for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.

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Highlights  include:

1. Only ingredients that are found in the typical food supply can be sold as supplements.
2. Every ingredient and each herbal and supplement formula would require an NDIN (New Dietary Ingredient Notification)
3. So far, the FDA has rejected 75 to 83% of all NDIN notifications.
4. Every NDIN would require extensive research costing thousands to millions of dollars on individual ingredients used in the United States for up to the last 50 years.
5. Every company would have to file its own NDIN notification for the same ingredients every other company is also using.
6. The same traditional formula packaged as pills, powder or liquid would require separate NDIN. This could include the packaging of granule and bulk formulas in office.
7. The NDIN process will take at least 75 days for each formula.

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Please pass this along to you friends and patients and help mobilize the fight against these unnecessary regulation that will block all our access to healthful and healing herbs and supplements.  Let your voice be heard today.

Important Community Meetings

The following text (italicized) is cut & paste verbatim from the Oregon Health Authority website.  Let’s get some Licensed Acupuncturists and acupuncture enthusiasts to these meetings!

There is a new vision for the Oregon Health Plan designed to bring better health, better care and lower costs. Under bi-partisan legislation, lawmakers set the direction for “Coordinated Care Organizations,” (CCOs) to administer OHP in local communities.

The Oregon Health Policy Board and Oregon Health Authority invite you to learn more about Coordinated Care Organizations and local innovations that help point the way to better care at lower costs. Please bring your ideas about how CCOs could work best in your community. Your input will be shared with the Oregon Health Policy Board members as they develop the final proposal for CCOs.

http://health.oregon.gov/OHA/OHPB/health-reform/community-meetings.shtml

Pendleton: Monday, October 3, 6-8:00 p.m.? - Pendleton Arts Center - ?214 N. Main Street? –  Pendleton, OR 97801

Florence: Wednesday, October 5, 6-8:00 p.m.? - The Florence Events Center - 715 Quince Street? –  Florence, OR 97439

Bend: Thursday, October 6, 6-8:00 p.m. – ?(location coming soon)

Portland: Monday, October 10, 6-8:00 p.m.? - University Place Hotel & Conference Center – 310 Lincoln Street – ?Portland, OR 97201

Eugene: Wednesday, October 12, 6-8:00 p.m. – ?Campbell Senior Community Center – ?155 High Street – ?Eugene, OR 97401

Astoria: Thursday, October 13, 6-8:00 p.m. – ?(location coming soon)

Increases for Acupuncture Coverage Under the Oregon Health Plan

For more than a year, the OAAOM and OCOM Research Department have been working together to inform public health policy by providing acupuncture evidence to the Health Services Commission (HSC). Our goal is to improve the quality of medical care available to thousands of Oregon residents through increased acupuncture coverage under the Oregon Health Plan.

In April 2011 our first compilation of evidence was submitted to the Health Services Commission, specifically addressing acupuncture treatment for chronic headache conditions and pregnancy-related conditions. The material was compiled and organized by OCOM students (now graduates) Dessa Bingley (Project Leader), Kameron Schott, Corrina Wijma, Christopher Withey, and Kim Blaufuss under the mentorship of Shelley Stump, JD, CPF and Ryan Milley, LAc (of OCOM) and Laura Ocker, LAc (of the OAAOM).

Laura Ocker, OAAOM President, and Ryan Milley, Research Associate and Faculty at OCOM, were invited to make a presentation to the Health Outcomes Subcommittee (of the HSC) on August 11th. This was an opportunity to describe the evidence that had been submitted and respond to questions from the commissioners.

Overall, the commissioners were very receptive to our work and commented that the acupuncture evidence was of very high caliber. The unanimous recommendation was to add acupuncture treatment to three “lines” of Oregon’s Prioritized List of Health Services (when it is revised and published in 2012):

• Line 1: Pregnancy
• Line 429: Migraine Headaches
• Line 553: Tension Headaches

What still remains to be decided is what specific pregnancy-related conditions will be covered and how many treatments will be covered per condition. One question that needs to be addressed is how to limit the costs of providing acupuncture treatment without limiting the therapeutic value of the services.

Laura Ocker and Ryan Milley are scheduled to make another presentation to the HOSC on October 13th focusing on these topics. Their presentation will also address additional evidence that was submitted to the HSC in July of 2011 pertaining to acupuncture treatment for anxiety conditions and depressive conditions.

Should you have input or questions about this process, please contact Laura Ocker at lauraocker.lac@gmail.com.