Attention: NJ Acupuncturists:

ALL HANDS-ON DECK:

Expand Our Scope Together by

Becoming a Member or Donating

WHO WE ARE

The Acupuncture Coalition of New Jersey is a new non-profit state association dedicated to expanding the scope of practice for acupuncturists in New Jersey to increase revenue and patient outcomes. 

The Problem

Over the last decade acupuncturists in New Jersey have been struggling with the catastrophic impact of:

  • Extreme loss in Major Medical Insurance Coverage (and reimbursement) resulting in lost income for those who accept insurance.
  • State Health Benefits Cuts which have significantly reduced or eliminated acupuncture benefits for state employees in New Jersey.
  • Encroachment from Physical Therapists who can now legally practice acupuncture (as Dry Needling) in New Jersey with minimal training. This has resulted in lost income as PTs continue to try to poach patients seeking acupuncture
  • The threat of Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, Athletic Trainers also performing acupuncture dry needling which will continue to further dissolve our profession
  • No meaningful improvements in our scope expansion in decades. As a result, we are contracting while our allied health care professionals are growing and expanding their scope.

THE MISSION

One very critical difference in our scope of practice in New Jersey and states like Maryland, Arizona and Florida is that in these states, Acupuncture Injection Therapy –and in New Mexico, IV Vitamin Therapy –is legally permitted under their scope of practice. Injection therapy differs in that a hypodermic needle attached to a syringe is used to inject natural substances directly into the body at acupuncture points..

Acupuncture Injection Therapy provides significant benefits to patients and will enable us to provide better care for them.

Together, we can expand our scope here in New Jersey to increase revenue while improving patient outcomes. Increasing our scope will absolutely help:

  • Create more job opportunities for our colleagues since this scope increases demand for AIT and IV Vitamin Therapy.
  • Secure increased revenue from these new services to ensure that our colleagues thrive and have lucrative practices.
  • Allow acupuncturists to order blood work and imaging to better serve our patients and be able to refer out to the appropriate allied health care provider when necessary.
  • Allow us to have much-needed Acupuncture Assistants to help with adjunct clinical modalities and remove needles from patients. Currently, only Licensed Acupuncturists can remove needles in New Jersey.

 

our goals

Areas we will pursue to expand our scope:

  • Acupuncture Injection Therapy (AIT)
  • IV Vitamin Therapy
  • Ordering Blood work
  • Ordering Imaging
  • Veterinary Acupuncture
  • Acupuncture Assistants (to pull needles and perform adjunct therapies)

Keep in mind, even if you have no desire to implement parts of the scope expansion into your practice, we still need your support for those who do. It is best to add all of this now with the legal representation we have to strengthen our profession for the future. (AIT and IV Therapy will advanced training certificates and not mandatory requirements for licensing in NJ)

MEMBER BENEFITS

  • 100% of membership fees and donations go directly to our attorneys and lobbyist who have currently presented our white paper before committees
  • Members will gain access to free trainings in practice building, tax saving strategies and more!
  • Phase 1 white paper includes Acupuncture Injection Therapy (AIT), IV therapy, Ordering blood work and imaging
  • Phase 2 will include vet acupuncture and acupuncture assistants
  • Expanding our scope will increase revenues for more lucrative practices
  • Scope expansion will create more job opportunities with AIT and IV therapy in demand

Acupuncture Injection Therapy Overview:

Acupuncture Injection Therapy Before and After:

Becoming a member and donating is an investment not an expense!

Keep in mind, treating ONE patient with homeopathic injections into acupuncture points –which can be achieved in
10 minutes– will yield a better outcome for your patient (as explained in the video above) will bring in an additional $200
of revenue for your practice. If you plan on doing injections, you will make a $200 donation back with just ONE injection!

It’s easy to calculate how quickly you will reap the financial benefits of this scope expansion. What other modality can you add to your practice for $500 or $1000 where you can make that money back within one week? Your donation is not an expense, it’s an investment in your future. It will ensure steady income even with PTs –and soon chiropractors and athletic trainers attempting to encroach on our profession with dry needling. AlT is something those professions can NOT encroach upon in the future.

Please become a member or make a donation today so acupuncturist’s in NJ can add AIT and more to our scope, which as stated above, will drastically improve patient outcomes naturally while making sure we can make a lucrative living in the future.

Summary Of Our Recent Activity from 2024-2025:

April 2024

  • We had a very positive first meeting at the O’TOOLE SCRIVO law firm in Cedar Grove.
  • We met with Judge Ray Reddin and attorney Jim DiGiulio who are providing elite guidance and council for us throughout this process.
  • At the meeting we explained in detail our intent to increase our scope for Acupuncturists here in New Jersey.
  • Over the next few weeks, we explored ways to get this scope expansion accomplished and to identify the clearest path forward.

May 2024

  • We had our second meeting with our legal team at O’Toole Scrivo and the meeting was extremely positive and productive.
  • We learned that we DO have a clear path to scope expansion for acupuncturists in New Jersey and have identified key areas that we will need to handle during this process.
  • We signed an Engagement Agreement so our legal team could begin drafting the White Paper for our request to expand our scope.
  • A $5,000 retainer was given for legal services
  • We talked about acquiring a lobbyist who is VERY well connected and can help push this through faster.
  • We were also told that this was VERY GOOD TIMING to push for our scope expansion initiative because at the end of an administration there’s the least amount of resistance; (Governor Murphy’s term ending and New Jersey Gubernatorial elections are coming up in 2025.).

JUNE 2024

  • Met with Senator Jon Bramnick who is running for Governor in NJ in 2025.
  • Attended a fund fundraiser event for Sen. Bramnick on June 5th at 6pm (at Jon’s home in Westfield)
  • We set up a landing page and spotfund page for fundraising for our initiative.
  • We did a live zoom Town Hall on this scope expansion initiative in June

JANUARY – MARCH 2025

  • We became a new non-profit state association dedicated to expanding the scope of practice for acupuncturists in New Jersey.
  • We are a separate and independent association from NJAS.
  • Our mission is to increase revenue and job opportunities for our profession as well as increase patient outcomes through advocating and pursuing the advancement of acupuncture services available under our scope of practice.

APRIL – MAY 2025

  • We entered an agreement with River Crossing Strategy Group from May 1, 2025 through
    October 31, 2025 to advance our legislation

How can you help?

There are many ways to help. We need fellow acupuncturists to volunteer their time and use their gifts to help make this initiative a success. We need to spread the word that this is happening! We also need as many people as possible to contribute financially to help cover the legal and lobbying fees as we enter the home stretch to pass this law. Keep in mind, a donation of hundreds can reap thousands of additional revenue in your practice every year with the ability to offer these services.

Through previous support we have already covered legal and lobbying fees to date! Moving forward, we estimate costs over the next 6 months to reach around $50k. If 200 people become members and/or donate $297, we have our costs covered. In return as a member you will receive access to free training. In addition once this is passed, you will make your investment back with just 2 injections!

Ready to take the next Step?

Contact us if you can help

Email: acnj2025@gmail.com

Phone: 201-264-9160

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