Bay Area Event to Rally AOM Community into the Future

On Saturday, November 14th, the new AAAOM-SO San Francisco Chapter will host a special event for the Bay Area AOM community with AAAOM counsel and public member, Michael Taromina, Esq. As a leading authority in AOM practice law, Mr. Taromina will conduct two important sessions for both students and practitioners. These programs will address current questions about the AOM profession and its place in the nation’s evolving healthcare system.

Agenda
Beginning in the morning, Mr. Taromina will conduct a 4-hour CEU-credit professional program on AOM Ethics and Risk Management. AOM practitioners and administrators will learn to recognize the legal and ethical risks evident in their own practices and learn how to comply with applicable state and national codes, laws, and regulations. This information is a prerequisite for building a sustainable AOM business and for long-term financial success.

In the afternoon, Mr. Taromina will host a Q&A session as well as what promises to be an eye-opening discussion about the possible future scenarios of AOM in the emerging healthcare arena. The session is aimed at providing attendees with "street smarts" about where they will stand as the profession moves into the mainstream.

Goal
"The goal for this event is to heighten awareness in our community of the challenges before us and the advantages of working as a unified group," said Beth Jones-Prizer, co-organizing member of the AAAOM-SO San Francisco Chapter, student at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) in San Francisco and member of the AAAOM Action Corps.

The AAAOM:SO San Francisco Chapter is specifically inviting AOM students to the event from the five other Bay Area schools—Five Branches Santa Cruz and San Jose, the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences (ACCHS) in Oakland, the Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College (AIMC) in Berkeley, and the University of East-West Medicine (UEWM) in Sunnyvale, CA.

"We hope this will be the start of more community-building events among the Bay Area AAAOM-SO chapters," added Anita Pietrofitta, co-organizing member of the AAAOM-SO San Francisco Chapter and student at ACTCM San Francisco.

"We also hope to attract students and professionals who may not be fully aware of the powerful role that AOM can serve to help create a sustainable national health care system," added Irwin Tjiong, AAAOM-SOC Northwest Regional Director.

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