Vision
"Creating a world where the benefits of acupuncture are known and available to all."
Acupuncture Now Foundation Inc.
Mission
"Working to identify and bring down the barriers that are preventing acupuncture from reaching its true potential."
  • About
    • About the ANF
    • Officers and Advisors >
      • Matthew Bauer
      • John McDonald
      • Gayle Bauer
      • Neil Malley
      • Ben Maloney
      • Lianne Aquilina
      • Katherine Berry
      • Johanna Biemans
      • Lorne Brown
      • Charlie Buck
      • Xia Cheng
      • Peter Deadman
      • Jennifer Dubowsky
      • Reginaldo Filho
      • Val Finnell
      • Stephen Janz
      • Patty McBride
      • Christian Nix
      • Bob Wong
      • Mike Worley
      • Amos Ziv
      • Jacinta Eales
      • Julia Scott
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    • Acupuncture in Hospitals
  • Research
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      • Printable Copy
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      • Putting Acupuncture Research into Perspective
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Submissions to Government Agencies

As the interest in acupuncture has grown and yet much misinformation regarding acupuncture persists, the Acupuncture Now Foundation has sent in submissions to policymakers in different countries and aided several groups in their submissions. Here is a list of ANF submissions to policy making agencies. 

Comments to the California COVID-19 Community Vaccine Advisory Committee on January 4, 2021        
  • Licensed Acupuncturists are Essential Healthcare Workers  
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Comments to the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services on chronic low back pain August 14, 2019​
  • CMS Proposed Decision Memo Comments August 14, 2019
Comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services April 2019
  • Draft Report on Pain Management Best Practices: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations
Comments to the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services on chronic low back pain February 2019 ANF US & International
  • ANF Australia
  • ANF New Zealand
  • Comments from ANF to the AHRQ draft report: Noninvasive, Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review (PDF)
  • ANF Comments to FDA Opioid Steering Committee – December 28, 2017 (PDF)
  • Acupuncture in Pain Management: Strengths and Weaknesses of a Promising Non-Pharmacologic Therapy in the Age of the Opioid Epidemic. FDA Position Paper (Full Paper PDF) (Cover Letter PDF)
  • Joint Acupuncture Opioid Task Force CDC Submission (PDF)
  • Full Letter to the Department of Workers’ Compensation (PDF)
  • Full Letter to the Minnesota Department of Human Services (PDF)
  • ANF Response to NICE
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Purchase your CEU/PDA courses by following our affiliate’s links here and help us fund all our projects!
 
We  offer courses from  Brad Whisnant Seminars with 20% of the proceeds donated to the ANF when you click their link (underlined) or the logo to the right and also courses from Healthy Seminars with 10% of proceeds donated to the ANF when you click their link (underlined) or their logo to the right."
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The Acupuncture Now Foundation, © 2020
  • About
    • About the ANF
    • Officers and Advisors >
      • Matthew Bauer
      • John McDonald
      • Gayle Bauer
      • Neil Malley
      • Ben Maloney
      • Lianne Aquilina
      • Katherine Berry
      • Johanna Biemans
      • Lorne Brown
      • Charlie Buck
      • Xia Cheng
      • Peter Deadman
      • Jennifer Dubowsky
      • Reginaldo Filho
      • Val Finnell
      • Stephen Janz
      • Patty McBride
      • Christian Nix
      • Bob Wong
      • Mike Worley
      • Amos Ziv
      • Jacinta Eales
      • Julia Scott
    • Contact
  • About Acupuncture
    • FAQ
    • About Acupuncture
    • Documentary - Getting to the Point
    • Twice as Effective and Safer
    • Podcasts
  • Find an Acupuncturist
    • Australia
    • Canada
    • New Zealand
    • USA
    • UK
    • Acupuncture in Hospitals
  • Research
    • Research Resources
    • White Papers >
      • Printable Copy
    • Submissions to Government Agencies
    • Challenges with Acupuncture Research >
      • Putting Acupuncture Research into Perspective
  • For Acupuncturists
    • Google Ads Campaign
    • ANF Founding
    • Resources
  • Donate