2019 Legislative Campaign
IF WE DON'T TELL THEM, WHO WILL?

Click on this link to find your State Senator & State Representative.
E-mail them today to make an appointment. During the committee weeks and Legislative session you will need to travel to Tallahassee (come to Acupuncture Education Day) OR see a staffer in the local office.
Take a patient with you!
Tell them about yourself and your practice. There is power in your story (and your patient's!)

FSOMA is Cosponsoring Legislation to Cover Acupuncture for Chronic Pain. Representative Rene "Coach P" Plasencia is in Fl House District 50 is sponsoring an amendment to the FL Statute 456.44 - Practitioner prescribing practices.

It says: "Before prescribing an opioid as treatment for any condition that causes chronic nonmalignant pain, a health care practitioner shall refer or prescribe any of the following nonpharmaceutical intervention therapies to a patient based on the practitioner's clinical judgment and the availability of the treatment: acupuncture by an acupuncturist licensed under chapter 457, osteopathic services by an osteopathic physician licensed under chapter 459, chiropractic services by a chiropractor licensed under chapter 460, occupational therapy by an occupational therapist licensed under part III of chapter468, or massage therapy by a massage therapist licensed under chapter 480.

Opioid Addiction Legislative Campaign

2018 How To Kit - Legislative Meeting Process

Acupuncture is a key part of the solution for treating America’s pain killer epidemic. Here are resources for you to use as you talk to your local legislators. Use them as handouts or just to develop your personalized talking points.

Print These and Give Them to Your Legislator

Acupuncture as an Alternative to Opioids

Attorneys General to Insurers: Cover Acupuncture

Other Possible Handouts

Meta Anaylsis of Acupuncture for Chronic Pain

Acupuncture for Chronic Pain in the Vermont Medicaid Population

Pub Med Article - Acupuncture effective for chronic pain beyond placebo with sustained benefit at one year reduced by 15%. NO OPIOID DOES THAT.

Acupuncture's Role in Solving the Opioid Epidemic from the ASA

Acupuncture and Opioid Addiction

Joint Commission Pain Management Standards

Other Resources to Share

YouTube Video

Acupuncture Outperforms Morphine for Moderate to Severe Pain

NBC Nightly News – Pain Relief Without Pills

Emergency Room Patients are Choosing Acupuncture Instead of Painkillers

Acupuncture Research

Dry Needling

Additional Dry Needling Information

Interactive Map About Dry Needling Adverse Events (share this link)

Announcements

FSOMA Cosponsoring Legislation to Cover Acupuncture for Chronic Pain
Representative Plasencia in western Orange County is sponsoring the
amendment to the FL Statute 456 Click Here for More

TAX INFO 74% of your 2018 FSOMA Membership dues are Tax Deductible as Professional Fees

An Administrative Court has ruled in our favor
Judge Lawrence P. Stevenson ruled that "Dry Needling is Acupuncture"
and issued this Order "Based on the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, it is ORDERED that: Proposed Florida Administrative Code Rule 64B17-6.008 is an invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority. 57

DONE AND ORDERED this 28th day of January, 2019, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.
Read Entire the Judgement Here