Save the date for this educational session from SOHHA’s Health Policy Workgroup. This workgroup’s mission is to communicate about health policy (what the policy or proposed bill is, how it affects patient access to our care or our programs) that directly affects healthcare system-based acupuncturists.

Download (free) the info paper (free) before the session. To attend, you must follow the links to register for the zoom event.

The first Inpatient Acupuncture Conference. A virtual conference hosted by the HHP.

Planned and coordinated by the HHP’s Inpatient Acupuncture Discussion Group.

Post-conference materials (including recordings 🎥🎥 of some sessions) are now available in the HHP community discussion platform at Tier 2. See the community discussion platform for options that include access to the Inpatient Acupuncture conference materials.

Third (and most improved!) public presentation from the HHP’s Safety-in-Practice workgroup.

🎉Approved for 2.5 safety category NCCAOM PDAs🎉

Introduction and review of safety, accountability, and transparency issues affecting LAcs working in healthcare system-based practice. This includes quality assurance, quality improvement processes, patient safety, and workplace safety.

With an increased focus on safety, accountability, and transparency in the new High-Reliability Organization (HRO) healthcare model, there has been an increased emphasis on identifying and understanding these issues. And how to develop processes around these issues that help you and your team improve over time.

These improvement goals and growth mindset is part of the model of continuous learning & continuous improvement that the HHP encourages.

First public presentation from the HHP’s Safety-in-Practice workgroup.

Introduction and review of safety, accountability, and transparency issues affecting LAcs working in healthcare system-based practice. This includes quality assurance, quality improvement processes, patient safety, and workplace safety.

With an increased focus on safety, accountability, and transparency in the new High-Reliability Organization (HRO) healthcare model, there has been an increased emphasis on identifying and understanding these issues. And how to develop processes around these issues that help you and your team improve over time.

These improvement goals and growth mindset is part of the model of continuous learning & continuous improvement that the HHP encourages.

A review (or introduction) to SOAP documentation basics for acupuncturists.

• If you are working in healthcare system-based practice, this is a good review with time for community discussion.

• If you are a student or new practitioner, this is a slightly fast-paced introduction to SOAP documentation.

Saturday, June 25th, 2022, 0900 Pacific/1000 Mountain/1100 Central/1200 Eastern U.S. time

In this session, we will present the basics of how to hire & credential an LAc, so your healthcare system/program is primed to

1. maximize reimbursement/coding/metrics capture potential and

2. retain LAc professionals in your program and system

We may also cover

• The minimum requirements for hiring an LAc into a healthcare system

• Recruiting and retention

  • Discussion of how you can support your LAc clinicians’ ability to work to the “top of their scope/practice.”

  • Introduction to current information on recruiting and retaining LAc talent in your system.

The Hospital Handbook Project will have a booth at the virtual conference, “Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine EHR and Tech Expo” on Saturday, May 21st, 2022.

Megan will also be giving two presentations at this event.

For more about the event or HHP resources related to the topics that Megan will be presenting, read on.

The HHP's First Inpatient Pediatric Acupuncture Interview for 2022

I am happy to bring you our first Issues in Hospital-based Practice live zoom session this year on Friday, April 8th, 2022, at 1000 Pacific (1100 Mountain, 1200 Central, 1300 Eastern U.S. time). This is an interview with Dr. Risi Idiokitas, DAOM, a pediatric acupuncturist who works at Children's National in D.C.

This is the first in a series of inpatient acupuncture program interviews we hope to do at the HHP. Click on this description to open this event and learn more.

I will be co-moderating a panel presentation session at the 2021 IM4US conference on Sept. 24th from 1600-1730 U.S. Eastern time, “Advancing Integrative Pain Management Through Collaboration and Advocacy”.

The Hospital Handbook Project (HHP) has collaborated with the Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management (AACIPM) to co-host a panel of colleagues at the Sept 2021 IM4US conference. We share stories on bringing meaningful, culturally responsive quality healthcare to our communities. And we share examples of LAcs integrating their work with their local healthcare systems.

Topic: Scheduling Multiple Professionals in an Interdisciplinary Outpatient Clinic Setting

What a schedule looks like for two LAcs within an interdisciplinary clinic with a focus on team care and engaging and empowering patients by teaching self-care along with regular clinical care.

Setting: Outpatient Functional Rehabilitation Model Pain Management Clinic.

Format: Our guest speaker will present on this topic followed by a Q&A session with the audience. This session is an episode of the HHP’s Issues in Hospital-based Practice webinar series.

Who Should Attend?

• Any clinical program manager/medical director or acupuncturist interested in a snapshot of what interdisciplinary team-based care in an outpatient clinic looks like

• This event is open to healthcare system acupuncturists, their program managers, and admin.

  Presentation of schedule visuals include the following elements

  • Daily huddle (short team meeting)

  • Weekly ECHO participation. ECHO is a unique telementoring hub & spokes model created by the University of New Mexico. Learn more about it in this HHP blog post and get the latest updates on the program (and how to connect to an ECHO) from UNM here.

  • Weekly meeting/mini rounds with an interdisciplinary team

  • Dept meeting(s)

  • Teaching self-care class (group of patients) in a group setting— (Tai Chi, etc)

  • Lunchtime/breaks, etc.

  • Patient visit schedule for two LAcs, outpatient setting, multiple patient rooms, with initial visits as well as return visits on the schedule

HHP Community Standard Presentation and Discussion:

Documentation & Peer Record Review—QA processes

why & how

Special event Wednesday evening, April 14th, 2021, with Dr. Kallie Byrd Guimond, D.OM., MPH, legislative expert for the fields of integrative health, and the office of Rep. Judy Chu (CA).

An informational session on the process of federal legislation, the inclusion of LAcs in federal legislation such as the Social Security Act and how that affects access to care by Medicare beneficiaries, and more. Presentation is tailored to the questions submitted to the speakers via the registration form and survey form.

Telehealth Roundtable for Hospital-Based Acupuncture Programs

online event, access by ticket only. Choose your ticket type here (live event, recordings access ticket, or combo).

Saturday, June 20th, 2020, starts at 0900 Central

When: Thursday, Sept 12th, 2019. Live, virtual event via zoom.

What: Dr. Timothy Suh, DAOM, on Basics of How to Be a Hospital Contractor. This session is focused on the acupuncturist profession and acupuncturist-managed contractor group

20-30 minute presentation followed by time for questions.

Dr. Timothy Suh, DAOM, will present on his path to hospital practice—emphasis on creating a healthcare professional contractor group (of LAcs) and contracting services with hospitals as Alternative Health Group, LLC.

He is the founder and clinic director of Alternative Health Group LLC and the lead acupuncturist at Amita - St. Joseph Hospital, Amita Health, Chicago, Illinois.