Action | Practice of dry needling |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 12/30/2015 |
How can anyone claim they are working for the patient's best interest if they are getting less than a 10th of the training a Licensed Acupuncturist is required to have in order to perform safe acupuncture? Professionals should be expected to refer out if they feel a patient will benefit from a modality, not experiment with inappropriate training for the sake of making money. Also, they should be prevented from abusing Insurance by billing under "manual therapy" which Acupuncturists cannot bill under. It seems fraudulent to allow a person with such little training to bill for something that would be seen unethical for an Acupuncturist.