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, acuman1@a... wrote:> > Actually, in PA, there is case law which allows palliative care in workmen's compensation injuries, put thru by my WC mentor, a MD/acu who is a rehab specialist. Since I generally get patients after 2-5 years of treatment and several surgeries, and have a number of cases where the patient cannot function without regular treatment, with many driving 40 minutes to an hour for treatment. I

> Carriers complain, but I win in peer review and if not because they found some whore who feels they are better able to decide what is needed than the patient and the doctor when the case is not fraudulent, in court every time. David:Thanks for posting this. It is exciting news for the profession that we can develop a successful and beneficial role in WM institutions like this. This probably points to the real future of CM in America. Jim RamholzDavid and Jim,

 

It seems to me, and you may see this as well, that many HMOs (I'm especially thinking of Kaiser) no longer have WM at the center of their constellation. I'm not suggesting that MDs don't work there. I'm noting that the center of such institutions are insurance administrators who make decisions (for better or worse) about healthcare delivery for their institution. It's easier for them to open an Alternative Medicine Clinic which here in CA hires full on OMDs. A friend of mine named Diana Deng, OMD, has previously been faculty at the Oakland TCM school and worked together with me to author a book at Min Tong Herbs. She has been providing the full range of CM modalities at the Vallejo, CA Kaiser Alt. Med. Clinic over the past few years and keeps up her own office in Oakland. It also helps that she's a QME. HMOs see things in terms of dollars and efficacy, so they are not attached to WM if CM will do the job better and cheaper. This is one place where CM can gain a foothold in it's entire presentation.

 

Emmanuel Segmen

 

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