AACMA Newsletter - 25 January 2024
25 January 2024
This Issue:
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Welcome Back!
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AACMA Board and National Office News
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Save the Dates for AACMA Events 2024 – Your Exclusive Preview!
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The National Allied Health Virtual Forum
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Wildlife Protection in Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Online Members Forum 2024
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Call for Abstracts: Exciting Opportunity to Share Your Insights & Expertise at AACMAC 2024!
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Moving or Adding a New Clinic?
Welcome Back!
Welcome back to all our members for what we hope is a very successful year of practice for you.
The year has started with the promise of some useful CPD opportunities for all members from new and beginning practitioners to our senior practitioners. Commencing with an interactive member forum in February, the seminars or workshops throughout the year will be heavily discounted or free for AACMA members. AACMA is committed to providing quality CPD at a bargain price for our members.
The innovative AACMA Professional Series of seminars and workshops will cover a variety of topics that are designed to improve your knowledge and skills to run an efficient and successful practice whether as a sole practitioner, in a multimodality clinic or as an employer.
There will be seminars and refreshers that will keep you up to date with CMBA guidelines and any changes to those guidelines.
In September/October, we will again host our Chinese medicine researchers who can present on the current research they are undertaking.
August 2nd – 4th are the dates for AACMAC this year.
It will be in the heart of the Brisbane CPD at the Pullman King George Square.
The theme for AACMAC 2024 is "Ancient in Modern - Chinese medicine in the modern health scape" and the call for abstracts has already gone out.
AACMA Board & National Office News
The AACMA Board continues to work towards achieving Medicare provider recognition for Chinese medicine acupuncturists.
The AACMA Membership team continue to contact the few members who are no longer health fund compliant because they have failed to send in the necessary completed CPD for last year.
As the deadline set by the health funds for complying with the CPD requirements has passed, these members will be taken off the health fund provider lists by the health funds. This means their patients will not be able to claim private health fund rebates until the CPD cards have been completed, submitted and ratified. AACMA is just the CPD collection point for the health funds and in some cases, ratification by the health funds could take up to 2months for reinstatement as a health fund provider.
AACMA is part of the international collaboration – One Voice Big Evidence
Please check out the link to the One voice website and consider participating in the Low Bank Pain Initiative by downloading the App and filling in the necessary information on low back pin treatments that you do.
The aim is to collect data on 10,000 low back pain treatments worldwide using the WHO ICD-11 coding.
The App is very easy to use and no prior knowledge of the codes is needed.
Save the Dates for AACMA Events 2024 – Your Exclusive Preview!
21 February 2024
7-8pm (AEST), Online Members Forum 2024
An informative session for AACMA members to know what the association has in plan for 2024. Valuable interactive opportunities with the leadership of AACMA and fellow practitioners!
13 March 2024
7-8pm (AEST), Webinar with Guild Insurance: Professional Behaviour
Guild Insurance has seen a growing trend of complaints, and therefore insurance claims, where there’s no allegation of clinical error or poor outcome. Instead, these complaints focus on the behaviour and conduct of the professional. Using claims examples, this session will explore the nature of these complaints, why they’re occurring and what you can do to reduce the likelihood of facing these allegations.
3 April 2024
7-8pm (AEST), Webinar Series “Practice Essentials” with Stephen Janz: Seminar 1 Clinic Basics: Starting a business
When a practitioner decides to start a clinic, first of all they are starting a business. Successful businesses, even small ones, improve their success rate by starting with a business plan. This seminar on practice essentials will examine the fundamentals of starting a business from scratch. Attendees will learn about different business structures to suit their needs, and then step through a simple business plan structure. The business plan acts as a checklist and workbook to gather key information and strategy to foster success.
Stephen will deliver three other webinars for the “Practice Essentials” series later in 2024, stay tuned with us for more details!
8 May 2024
Webinar with Governology: Employment and Contractors
2-4 August 2024
AACMAC 2024
Our annual conference will return to Brisbane in 2024 after celebrating AACMA’s 50th year milestone last year. The 3-day gem-packed event will be held on 2-4 August at Pullman Brisbane King George Square, right in the heart of Brisbane CBD.
Registration will kick off later next month, keep your eyes peeled for the early bird tickets!
9 October 2024
Webinar with Guild Insurance: Informed Consent and Record Keeping
STAY TUNED! More events to be announced soon…
The National Allied Health Virtual Forum
The Department of Health and Aged Care is hosting a National Allied Health Virtual Research Forum to draw links between allied health research and policy priorities.
The forum will be held virtually on Tuesday 30 April 2024.
Follow the link below if you would like to make a submission to present:
Wildlife Protection in Traditional Chinese Medicine
AACMA is a coalition member and proudly supports this organisation in its mission to protect wildlife especially endangered species and the use of these species in Chinese herbal medicines.
The second Wildlife Protection in Traditional Chinese Medicine conference will be held on April 14, 2024 at NYCTCM in Mineola, New York. The aim of the conference is to provide successful experiences in the Chinese Medical Practice without use of endangered wildlife (animal) products by worldwide experts. The diversity of international speakers at this year’s conference will include educators, researchers, practitioners and herbal manufacturers from around the world.
The conference is available in person or online.
Online Members Forum 2024
Join us for AACMA's Members Forum 2024 event. This exclusive gathering is your chance to voice your opinions and collaborate with fellow members on the critical issues that matter to you. Be a part of the conversation, share your insights, ask questions, and collectively work towards enhancing the practice of acupuncture in Australia. Secure your spot today and help make a meaningful impact on our profession!
Date: Wednesday 21 February 2024
Time: 7-8pm (AEST)
CPD: 1 CPD point (professional issues)
Registration (members only): Register here (only 500 places)
* This event will be recorded and be available for replay on membership portal. Please only use the register link above if you confirm to attend live.
Call for Abstracts: Exciting Opportunity to Share Your Insights & Expertise at AACMAC 2024!
Abstract submissions with the theme "Ancient in Modern - Chinese medicine in the modern health scape" are welcome from TCM practitioners, educators, researchers and other areas of the profession to share expertise and knowledge at the Australasian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Annual Conference (AACMAC) in Brisbane 2-4 August 2024.
Abstract submissions are open until 10th March 2024.
If there is a particular area of Chinese medicine that you love, an AACMAC presentation is a great opportunity to indulge your passion and research it in depth. The time spent developing and delivering your presentation will be eligible towards your annual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements.
AACMAC gives you a platform to share your ideas and experience with your professional colleagues and friends. As a speaker, you can take pride in having a direct influence on that development.
Presenters with accepted abstract/s at AACMAC 2024 will be waived the conference registration fee.
Don’t miss your chance to present your topic or research results to a broader TCM audience. Download here the Abstract Submission Form and email the completed copy to events@acupuncture.org.au by 10th March 2024.
Moving or Adding a New Clinic?
Please contact our membership team with your new clinic details by email at aacma@acupuncture.org.au so they can apply to the health funds for new provider numbers.
- Medi Bank only update: deadline Sunday 11 February 2024
- February monthly updates: deadline Thursday 22 February 2024
Ceased practicing at a clinic, please provide the address and the ceased date so we can advise the health funds to remove your details.
To check your workplace details or membership go to our website https://www.acupuncture.org.au/ then
- Go to ‘Login’ at the top right-hand corner then
- Click ‘Member Login’ to log into the website your Username is your email address on AACMA’s record and the password you created.
- For the first time login, please click the ‘Forgotten Password’ button to set up a password.
If you have issues logging in or setting up a password, please don’t hesitate to contact the membership team 07 3457 1800 we are happy to assist you.
