Whole foods AOMA

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I am writing you about employment for acupuncture and Oriental medicine (AOM) providers.

There is a revolution developing in corporate healthcare and Whole Foods Markets (WFM) is at the forefront. With spiraling medical costs, WFM sees the acupuncture and Oriental medicine community as a solution for cost containment. This is a fantastic point in the development of AOM in America and we can be a part of it.

This initiative has an impact not only for the provider who chooses to be qualified to serve in the network. The data that WFM will generate from this project has great potential to demonstrate lowered cost of care using AOM.. Corporations are being crushed beneath the rising costs of healthcare, and they are considering AOM as a solution. This is a tipping point, and a tremendous opportunity to change the landscape of healthcare in America.

To prepare AOMA providers, AOMA and Fred Lerner, DC will cooperate to create a network of qualified acupuncture practitioners in the field of occupational medicine. I have known Fred since 1988. He has educated acupuncturists to serve in the worker's compensation system of California since that time, and in my opinion is the most qualified person to educate practitioners in occupational medicine.

The first opportunity to participate in the AOMA Occupational Acupuncture series will be this November 14-16, 2008. At this inaugural series, Margot Roth, the Director of Global Risk Management for Whole Foods Market will launch the program by presenting WFM's vision of changing the landscape of healthcare. The series involves three different modules and a final examination, designed and taught through Lerner Education at AOMA. AOMA will be offering the AOMA Occupational Acupuncture three-module series on extended weekends beginning Friday afternoons and ending Sundays. For more information, including registration, go here:
www.aoma.edu/continuing-education/seminars/

Join us at the tipping point!

William R. Morris, PhD (C), DAOM, LAc