Many Maryland Residents Now Have Acupuncture Coverage

By |2022-11-15T14:08:40-05:00June 3rd, 2016|Categories: FAQ, Insurance|Tags: , , |

Did you know most Maryland employees have acupuncture benefits through their insurance? In 2015 as part of the Affordable Care Act, Acupuncture was added as a covered benefit to all Maryland private policies (excluding Medicare and Medicaid). The evidence for acupuncture's use continues to grow and more insurers are adding it to their policies every year.  Let us check your benefits to see if you have coverage. Use this link to check your acupuncture benefits online.   We currently accept the following insurers: Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Cigna Aetna Hopkins EHP SCHEDULE ONLINE *We can only accept insurance in [...]

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How Does Acupuncture Work? (The Left Brain Version)

By |2022-11-15T14:08:41-05:00April 5th, 2016|Categories: FAQ, Research|Tags: , , |

We acupuncturists hear this question all the time, ‘How does acupuncture work exactly?’ Good question. Acupuncture is a retrospective science which has been going on for thousands of years and only recently has there been a push to understand the science of how and why it works. We can enjoy the benefits of this tradition of care AND also use our current research methods to begin to understand why it works.  Below are a few examples of the progress being made in research.   Gate Control Theory.  First outlined by Melzack and Wall1 in the 1960’s this theory suggests that [...]

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