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Making a Difference in Your Community
Grace Medical Home is a nonprofit healthcare organization dedicated to providing comprehensive medical care to uninsured residents of Central Florida. The clinic offers a w...
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FinCEN Not Issuing Fines or Penalties in Connection with Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Deadlines
BOI Information Immediate Release February 27, 2025 WASHINGTON––Today, FinCEN announced that it will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions ...
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2025 Acupuncture Education Day – Tallahassee Florida
YourFSOMA visited legislators and gave treatments to visitors, staff and legislators on Tuesday March 11, 2025. Say thank you to these APs for taking time out of their live...
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March is National Nutrition Month
FSOMA is Letting You Know About These Fine Classes on Chinese Diet & Nutrition from our Affiliate Healthy Seminars (if you buy a class FSOMA receives a small donation)...
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2025 Lynn Thames Leadership Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to FSOMA’s 2025 Lynn Thames Leadership Scholarship winners! Ellen Teeter, AP presenting to DRCOM Student Briana Egger Steven Li from FCIM accepting f...
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The Journey to Professional Success Extends Far Beyond the Classroom
Recently the FSOMA Board has been discussing a perspective (that seems we all share) and highlights an important reality—acupuncture schools provide the foundational educat...
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Political Activism and Civic Involvement: Legislative Breakfast in Clearwater, FL
Political Activism and Civic involvement has been a part of my Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine practice since getting my Florida licence in 1996. I was encouraged by my ...
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Political Action
“If you are not at the table, you are ON the table” ……unknown political activist FSOMA Members Mary Riggin, Hongjian He, Machelle Perkins & Yue ...
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Cost of Putting Forth Legislation
FSOMA is in our second year of attempting to get the update to Chapter 457 (the statute governing us) passed. This is not a “one and done project”, but a multi-...
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UHC’s new GA modifier requirement: what you need to know
UHC’s new GA modifier requirement: what you need to know Effective Feb. 1, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) will require physician practices to append the GA modifier to COMMERCIAL p...
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From the President – 2024 Conference Journal
FROM THE PRESIDENT Galina V. Roofener AP Dear FSOMA Members, The FSOMA, as a 501(c)6, not-for-profit professional association, has been serving Florida Licensed Acupunctur...
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FSOMA Attends ASA Conference and Fly In
The American Society of Acupuncturists (ASA) held their annual conference in Washington DC April 5-8.  The meeting began with a national council meeting with representative...
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Having Good Boundaries in Our Profession
One network that can help us as professionals with out of control, inappropriate or addictive type behavior is the Professionals Resource Network, Inc. (PRN) – For Fl...
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Is your patient’s disease taking her hostage?
Is your patient’s disease taking her hostage? The FBI may be able to help. I’ve been listening in again to the Qilogical podcasts produced by Michael Max...
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Live at the Forum – Fang’s Scalp Acupuncture
This past weekend was my first live acupuncture seminar since COVID. I have been overwhelmed by the sheer energy generated by a group of colleagues (APs, students and teac...
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Master Deng’s Qi Gong
MASTER DENG’S QI GONG Featured Speaker: Chad Bailey I met Master Deng Hua Qing in the small village of Yi Chun in Mainland China in 2001. This was the longest […]
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Mastering the Art of Submitting Articles to Your Local Newspaper
Originally presented in webinar format by David Bibbey, LAc. The webinar is available to all FSOMA members here. Log into your membership account to gain access. In today...
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Mobile Acupuncture – FL State Regulations
Inquiry submission from a member. – “I would like to open a practice that provides house calls only, treating patients in their homes. I will not be accepting i...
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