Acupuncture is not currently a covered benefit by Medicare, Medicaid or Tricare. There are several organizations below which would appear to be advocating for Acupuncture. One has a very large staff. Either some of these groups below are insincere organizations posing in place for controlled opposition and the folks controlling medicare/medicaid reimbursement are AMA and Big Pharma controlled or just the latter...
NATIONAL
AAAOM - American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
(small Practioner Group)
PO Box 96503 #44114, Washington DC 20090 , admin@aaaomonline.org
Advertisers: QiSites, Global Acupuncture Project, Mayway, (their own line of products?)
Federal Legislation Page: (Only) highlights a 2015 bill for veterans and seniors (?) view
National Partner Organisations: view
The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
American Acupuncture Counsel
Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Directory: view (175 members)
Board Members: view (all trade specific, no obvious business people...)
ASA - American Society of Acupuncturists
(seems to be focused on Insurance Sales)
Member Benefits - all insurance related...
https://www.asacu.org/find-a-practitioner/#info >> gives link to state level directories...
AAMA - American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
(medical pros from UCLA?)
https://www.medicalacupuncture.org/
Professional Society of Physicians (MDs and DOs), founded in 1987 by docs from UCLA....
STATE
ASA - American Society of Acupuncturists - Find a State Org Page...
There are state level associations found at the ASA website above...https://www.asacu.org/find-a-practitioner/
Acupuncture Advocates - North Carolina Political Action Committee
https://acupunctureadvocates.com/
This website is odd. Only a home page and donate page.
Some of the commentary on the home page is off target? Copyright 2018...