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OUR MISSION: IHPC is Dedicated to Removing the Barriers to Health OUR VISION: A World Without Barriers to Health OUR VALUES: Health Creation • Collaboration • Patient-Centered Care • Inclusivity • Empowerment • Respect • Transparency • Integrity • Mindfulness • Fairness (Read more on our mission, vision and values.) |
Major Policy Issues
Pain & The Opioid Crisis
Our Integrative Approaches to Pain and Addiction Committee - IAPAC - working to bring proven effective options to care.The Water in Flint
Environmental catastrophes like the water in Flint, MI, also require the whole-person view of health.Ending Insurance Discrimination
Health insurers - both private and public - must begin to expand access to integrative care.
Accomplishments
- IHPC was created as a results of the NED conference of 2001 held at Georgetown U. The leaders of the emerging academic and professional organizations responded to the interest expressed by members of Congress to be kept informed of the advance of integrative health and medicine in America. (See our complete list of Accomplishments here.)
Health Policy Actions
IHPC News
IHPC Board Retreat Highlights: EDI, Organizational Restructure and Capitol Hill
The IHPC board elevated the importance of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at its January board retreat by creating a Standing EDI Committee. The committee will ensure that IHPC is consistently working to build a diverse and inclusive organizational culture and membership and that it is advocating on behalf of all people, eliminating barriers to health and health justice.
March 02, 2020
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Integrative medicine pioneer David Fogel to collaborate on IHPC Capitol Hill Outreach
Moving IHPC policy goals forward takes ongoing and consistent effort with all hands on deck and boots on the ground. That is why IHPC has announced its 2020 Capitol Hill Outreach efforts will include a new collaborative partnership with David Fogel, MD, founder of the groundbreaking integrative clinic Chi Health Care. He will be teaming up with Tracy Bowen, IHPC’s Executive Dir
January 23, 2020
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IHPC to host annual board retreat
The Integrative Health Policy Consortium (IHPC) will hold its annual board retreat next month. On January 23-26, 2020, the board will gather at Life University in Marietta, Ga., to discuss a restructuring of the consortium’s governance, as well as legislative priorities of their Partners for Health organizations. As a fast-growing not-for-profit corporation that has built a vit
December 12, 2019
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AIHM Conference Highlights: Connecting with like-minded movements
The Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine’s (AIHM) annual conference is well known for many things, including an outstanding speaker program and prestigious awards that recognize deserving individuals in the integrative health community. But this year the real highlight of “People, Planet and Purpose” was about making new connections with other similar movements to look at
November 20, 2019
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