First off, take a look at our new website, www.aomam.org. We would love to start posting articles, research or other timely updates regarding our MN acupuncture community. If you have something you'd like to contribute and have posted on the site, please email us at admin@aomam.org. We welcome your general feedback as well!

If you're free this coming weekend and are itching for a mini road trip, come check us out at the MS150 Acupuncture Treatment Tent up at the Grand Casino in Hinkley.

Also, this coming weekend we have our CEU Expert Pannel Discussion from 11:00am to 1:00pm, followed by our General Membership meeting till 2:00pm. Food from Holy Land will be provided during the event. If you haven't done so already, please rsvp on Eventrbite for the CEU Panel Discussion!

Eventbrite Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ceu-expert-panel-discussion-tickets-17020627154

For those following EHR news, as it pertains to Minnesota, we've received the following update from the Minnesota Department of Health. Follow the links below for more information.

Amendment to EHR Mandate in Minnesota

In Minnesota, small medical practices with seven practitioners or fewer are no longer mandated to implement Electronic Health Records (EHR) in their clinics, due to a bill that was passed by Minnesota lawmakers in the 2015 legislative session. Citizens' Council for Health Freedom (CCHF), a Minnesota-based health organization, drafted the amendment to Minnesota Statute §62J.495 that was accepted by the Minnesota House Committee.

CCHF released the following statement directly after House session:

"We're pleased that lawmakers have included this important amendment in Rep. Tara Mack's bill that would allow small clinics and practices to continue to serve patients in Minnesota," stated Twila Brasse, president and co-founder of CCHF. "This amendment begins to give Minnesota the level of freedom and privacy available to doctors and patients in the rest of the nation."

We would like to clarify that the current statute language regarding EHR exemption reads as follows "Individual health care providers in private practice with no other providers and health care providers that do not accept reimbursement from a group purchaser, as defined in section 62J.03, subdivision 6, are excluded from the requirements of this section."

• For more details, please read Minnesota Statute §62J.495.
• For additional information about the EHR amendment, visit The Office of the Revisor of Statues, as well as CCHF's, press release Minnesota House Committee Accepts CCHF Amendment on Electronic Health Records State Mandate
• For general information about EHR, visit CCMI's EHR web page or the Minnesota Department of Health's EHR Frequently Asked Questions document.

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