School of Oriental Medicine Member Benefits

• $450 annually

Practice Management Tools

• Acupuncture Referral on the AAOM Website:
  -Campus listings;
  -Clinic listings;
  -Free listing on Acufinder.com
• AAOM Job Board: Allows the school to post their faculty and staff openings, view resumes and contact potential candidates (all at a nominal rate).
• AAOM Platinum+ Credit Card: Introductory 0% Annual Percentage Rate (APR)† for Cash Advance Checks and Balance Transfers through your first twelve billing cycles. 7.9% for Platinum Plus accounts or 13.99% for Preferred accounts. The Introductory APR may end sooner if your payment is late.
• Heartland Merchant Services: Credit and debit card processing services with 3-year pricing guarantee included. Preferred pricing through AAOM with no hidden fees, no high-cost equipment leases, no bait and switch rates, no telemarketers, no random checking account debits, and no surcharges.

Insurance

• Malpractice Insurance: No one offers lower rates for acupuncture malpractice insurance than the American Acupuncture Council. The purchasing power of AAC's national membership enables them to provide the practitioner with a combination of quality and affordability that is unequaled. And their outstanding success defending acupuncturists has enabled them to push rates down again and again.
• Health and Business Insurance: AAOM's National Health and Business Insurance Programs include Business Owners, Health and Welfare programs, National Guaranteed Mini-Med, auto, homeowners, and voluntary Benefits programs.

Education and CEUs

• Discounts to Members on attendance to our Annual Expo's for CEUs: AAOM offers attendee discounts to members that offset the cost of membership, e.g., it is less expensive to become a member of AAOM than it is to register for our annual event as a non-member. As an example:  Early bird member attendance for Friday-Sunday is $428.50 for members, and $716 for non-members – a difference of $287.50 – exceeding the cost of membership! We are pleased to announce that this year’s conference features 36 workshops and events, 34 speakers, for a total of 44 CEUs (pending) over a 5-day span. Online brochure and online registration is available.

Advocacy & News Updates

• Advocacy efforts across all fronts – legislative, access to herbs, insurance, etc. Stay current on the status of OM nationally. AAOM's advocacy provides timely updates to keep you advised on the "State of OM". Additionally, our grass-roots advocacy creates the opportunity for our membership and the profession-at-large to directly write their legislators about a myriad of topics. Not only do you receive these updates via email, but all are archived in the AAOM press room.
• American Acupuncturist and American Acupuncturist News Edition: The American Acupuncturist is the official publication of the AAOM. It is published quarterly, in December, March, June and September. Inside the journal you will find a wide variety of academic and political articles concerning the Oriental Medicine professional. Topics range from new techniques and treatments to updates on important legislation and reports from various AAOM committees. The American Acupuncturist keeps you abreast of all the latest research from the country's leading professionals. It is also the best source for information on upcoming seminars and conferences and updates on AAOM sponsored events. The American Acupuncturist has additionally been converted to a newspaper broadsheet format and is shipped directly to OM schools nationwide for distribution to all students and faculty. (All non-student members receive this version.  Student members will receive both the American Acupuncturist (sent to the mailing address on file) and the American Acupuncturist News Edition – available free at your school.)
• Qi-Unity Report: Participation in and Receipt of AAOM's Qi Unity Report – A monthly collaborative news letter (published the 3rd Monday of each month) written by, for and about the profession.
• OM Colleges: Faculty and curriculum changes, program start-ups, workshops, conferences, CEU offerings and news alerts. If you have an advertised employment listing on the AAOM Job Board, we will also additionally publish open faculty positions. You'll need to fax or email a receipt for your listing.)
• AAOM Students and the Student Organization: Announcements of formational and organizational activities; students in the news, summary reports of student activities at individual schools, meeting agendas, meeting notes, and other topics of interest.
• AAOM School members are encouraged to contribute – to view the range of opportunities it offers to keep informed, or to offer your services to other members in the profession, you are welcome to learn more.
• Online Library: The Library of the AAOM website is designed to primarily serve the public (or current patients of acupuncture) seeking to learn more about Acupuncture, Oriental Medicine or Complimentary Medicine. It offers an extensive range of information at this time and we anticipate that this will remain one of the fastest growing sections of the website, so we urge you to check back often. Currently you will find:

Past Issues and Articles of The American Acupuncturist: In this section of the library you will find links to past issues and additional material (PDF documents).
History of Acupuncture: In this section of the library you will find a brief history of acupuncture and herbology written by AAOM. Following this overview, we are pleased to provide a myriad of web links covering this history of acupuncture.
Guidelines on Basic Training and Safety in Acupuncture (PDF): The World Health Organization convened a Scientific Group in 1989 that recommended WHO develop a series of statements and guidelines on acupuncture relating to basic training and safety. More than 50 international experts shared their knowledge and experience in the preparation of this document.
Acupuncture and Pain Management: One of the primary reasons people seek acupuncture treatment is to address pain in the body relating to a specific illness or problem, or relating to a chronic condition. We are pleased to provide various articles and research highlighting pain management through acupuncture.
Acupuncture and Addiction: Acupuncture has been advocated as a safe effective treatment for addictive diseases. Within this section of the Library AAOM is pleased to provide information, resources and we blinks pertaining to the treatment of various types of addiction through acupuncture.
Published Evidence-Based Research 2005-1994: In this section of the Library, you will find a listing of published Evidence-based Research for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine dating from 2005, back to 1993. Where available, links to the research or research abstracts are provided.
Acupuncture, Oriental Medicine, Complementary Medicine and Other Health Related Resources: In this section of the library, you will find myriads of links to Acupuncture, OM, Complementary Medicine and other Health Related Resources that might prove valuable in gaining knowledge and understanding in this area. As a means of introduction, we are pleased to provide an overview of the growth of complimentary medicine within the United States.
All States Library: In this section of the Library, AAOM is pleased to provide a comprehensive directory of state websites.

• AcupediaOnline.org: Following the www.wikipedia.org format, this website premiers in August 2006 as an online encyclopedia for the patient community and lay public. Designed to hugely expand public awareness and outreach for our profession, the site will feature AOM and CAM therapies + AOM and Integrative medial options. The Acupedia website will offer a wonderful tool to educate your clients.