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The Integrative Healthcare Policy Consortium advocates for an integrative healthcare system with equal access to the full range of health-oriented, person-centered, regulated healthcare professionals. We envision a national healthcare system devoted to optimal health and well-being.IHPC Receives Grant To Create Cost-Effectiveness Booklet
IHPC grant from Emerson Ecologics will support creation of an important reference booklet on the cost-effectiveness of integrative health services, in data and in patient stories. Read more...
The Hon. Deborah Senn on Sec. 2706!
The Hon. Deborah Senn discusses the importance of the Non-Discrimination Provision, Sec. 2706!
Getting to the Point
A section of the Affordable Healthcare Act — “Obamacare’’ — is being hailed by patients and practitioners of acupuncture, but it may not give them all they have been seeking.Read more...
IHPC Brings 2706, CAHCIM and Allina to Congressional Briefing on
"Easing the US Healthcare Crisis: The Role of Integrative Health Care
On April 10, 2014, key staffers for numerous members of the US House of Representatives and US Senate were treated to unusual fare at a briefing entitled "Easing the US Healthcare Crisis: The Role of Integrative Health Care." Staff for some 17 US Senators and seven members of the House, together with representatives from ten outside organizations were among the roughly 70% of attendees who signed-in. Among those in attendance were staff members for the powerful US Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, as well as counterparts from Appropriations and the Special Committee on Aging.
Recent News
IHPC Response to HHS RFI on Section 2706
Follow this summary to download a copy of IHPC's thorough response to the "Request for Information Regarding Provider Non-Discrimination" sent in early June to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
June 18, 2014
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Real-world analysis of strengths and demands for 2706
John Blum on Section 2706: Opportunities for CAM … in major areas of population health … to better utilize alternative practitioners, not as re-invented primary care doctors but as licensed professionals within their current scopes of practice.
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May 06, 2014
Coalition for Patients’ Right Letter to FTC on Healthcare Competition
IHPC strongly endorses the letter from its partner, the Coalition for Patients’ Rights (CPR) to the FTC supporting agency efforts "to address the negative effects of healthcare monopolies on patients." Read more...
NCCAM chat emphasizes massage therapy outcomes
The discussion examined the benefits experienced by patients, and care staffs, using massage therapy in clinical settings. Read more...
March 08, 2014
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