116th Congress Focuses on Integrative Health & Wellness
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The bipartisan Congressional Integrative Health and Wellness Caucus has been registered with two new co-chairs at the helm for the 116th Congress. Representative Judy Chu (CA-21st) will serve as the Democratic leader with Representative Jackie Walorski (IN-2nd) as the Republican leader, replacing former Caucus co-chairs Colorado Congressmen Polis and Coffman, respectively. Read More & Take Action Today! 37 State AGs tell insurance industry non-opioid pain treatment options are essential
The Attorneys General of 37 states have co-signed a letter to the private insurance company trade association AHIP, asking for coverage to ensure care providers can deliver non-drug, non-opioid treatment for pain management. IHPC strongly endorses in this Press Release. Click the headline above.Non-Pharma Approaches to Pain & Wellbeing
MOVING BEYOND MEDICATIONSA new campaign from IHPC and partners that recommends non-pharmacological approaches as first-line pain treatment. The Pocket Guide for primary care physicians and their patients shows the new therapeutic order.
Future of CMS Innovation Center? Make it Integrative
IHPC response to CMS RFI on CMMI: evidence on quality and cost effectiveness that aligns strongly with CMS' own Triple Aim goals for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and reducing the costs of care.
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Compassion, Integrity and Secular Ethics Take a Seat at the Policy Table
Dr. Gerald Clum, DC, Director of the Center for Compassion, Integrity and Secular Ethics at Life University made a generous gift to the Board of Directors of the Integrative Health Policy Consortium–a 10-week Compassionate Integrity Training program for IHPC Partners For Health. The Center for Compassion, Integrity, and Secular Ethics (CCISE) at Life University is dedicat
January 07, 2021
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Understanding is Happiness
A Case in Point by Nancy Gahles, DC, CCH, OIM “The first Law of Understanding is that in general the same hopes, sorrows, joys, troubles, fears, encompass us all. The same Destiny beckons us. The same Love enfolds us. The same Justice educates us. “ ~George S. Arundale, Understanding is Happiness. A well-known axiom often used when describing policy work is that it is like “sau
December 22, 2020
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Academic Consortium ‘Widens the Tent’ with inclusion of Nursing Schools and Osteopathic Medical Schools
Q&A with Executive Director Dale West In an effort to create a more collaborative landscape for all members of the healthcare community, the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health, a New Buffalo, MI-based organization comprised of universities and health systems in North America, announced in October it would open its membership to nursing schools and ost
November 24, 2020
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IHPC Connects Webinar Watch Now
Dr. Helene Langevin, Director NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health on Research for Integrative and Whole Person Health Watch Dr. Helene Langevin, Director of the NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), discuss NCCIH’s mission, the research it supports, the concept of whole-person health, and critical insights and o
October 28, 2020
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