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8 weekly treatments with tiny needles to reduce pain and relax deeply. Patients also learn acupressure to do on themselves at home' **INSURANCES ACCEPTED: ALL** insurances including Medicare, straight Medi-Cal, and CCHP Medi-Cal **Because of the long wait list, however, please consider telling your patients with** CCHP Medi-Cal and Commercial CCHP to see an outside acupuncturist (SEE BELOW)**. If they need further visits beyond what is covered for outside acupuncturist, then you can refer them to our Internal Acupuncture clinics.**
 * ACUPUNCTURE CLINICS AT CCRMC: **

*Requirements: ** 1. Chief complaint must be LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD 2. DO NOT REFER: smoking cessation, tinnitus, vertigo, hypertension, weight loss, or depression without Psych. care 3. Don't refer EMPLOYEES with CCHP insurance - they get 10 free visits per year with outside acupuncturists, no referral needed (see #1 below) 4. Make sure pt. can go every week for 1- 2 months. 5. Send an IN-BASKET message to Dr. Joyce Tang so these pts. can be seen right away:
 * new onset Bell's Palsy
 * breech pregnancy
 * hyperemesis gravidarum
 * cancer pts. currently on chemo
 * acute tailbone injury

** CLINIC LIST **
CHC Tues. 1-5pm – Dr. Michelle Wong // in Builidng 2 // MHC Mon. 1-5pm – Dr. Joyce Tang // in Builidng 1, 3 South // MHC  Wed. 5-9pm – Elena Lee, L.Ac. //in Building F, Rehab therapy room // PHC Sat. 8am-12pm – Dr. Alice Lin // in Rehab room // WCHC Tues 5-9pm – Dr. Harry McIlroy // in Rehab room //


 * OUTSIDE ACUPUNCTURE CLINICS: **

get **10 free visits per year** with contracted with CCHP. No referral is necessary. No waiting. Just call them and go.
 * 1. COUNTY EMPLOYEEES ** with CCHP Commercial Plan A or B

- You can now refer your patients with CCHP Medi-Cal to outside acupuncturists! - Pts. get **2 visits per month** for free, with typically no waiting, and no pre-authorization needed - Just tell your patient to call the provider to make an appointment 1. In Patient Instructions, type the ** Smart Phrase "acupuncturecchpproviders" ** 2. Print and give it to them   3. The updated list is always on the CCHP web site: http://cchp.prismisp.com - select ‘Acupuncture’ for Specialty. - This is a good way to start or continue patients on acupuncture. Patients will often need weekly treatments initially, and in our internal clinics they can have weekly treatments for up to 8 weeks. We then refer them out to this list if they have Medi-Cal. **3. LOW COST COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE in the Berkeley and Oakland areas** is available in the community in a group setting ($15-40 per visit). Print for your patients and encourage them to go!
 * 2.** **NEW** - **CCHP MEDI-CAL** **PATIENTS**
 * How to get this info to our patients: **

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