July 2013 CMAAC Newsletter

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Chinese Medicine and

Acupuncture

Association of Canada

Volume 19 Issue 6 July 2013

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Inside This Issue:

1. Letter to CMAAC Members

and TCM Community

2. Dr. Susan Makray-Corey3. grood new from NB chapter

4. Medavie Blue Cross Provider

Mobile Application

5. Telus Health eClaims

6. News from WFAS

7. good news from NS chapter

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An open letter to CMAAC Members &

TCM Community

Since the establishment of CMAAC in 1983, we have

maintained our purpose of serving our members , TCM

community and general public at large: helping initiate

the development of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture

profession; upholding and protecting the duty and right

of the TCM practitioners; uniting the TCM communityand helping advance the modernization of the

knowledge and technology; and to constantly educate

on the matter of public health to all Canadians.

Our organization will keep running and scheduling

seminars regularly to strive for the support of Canadian

and Chinese communities and the regulation of the

practice of TCM and Acupuncture. We made contact

with and liaise various levels of Government officials in

assisting to arrange forums and seminars for our

members and the public. We also negotiate with the

insurance providers in the extended-healthcare

insurance claim matters.

With the help and support of our members, we

walked through hand in hand for 30 years on a rough

and bumpy path. In Ontario and Newfoundland &

Labrador, the profession of TCM/ Acupuncture is now

regulated, most practitioners in the TCM community are

either grandparented or registered in the general class

to practice in the provinces. We sincerely offer our

cordial greetings on your success and wish you all in your

advancement of your profession to a higher level, and to

make a contribution to the healthcare service for the

Canadians.

In the new era, we are going to promote the

regulation drive in other provinces that the profession

yet to be regulated. Till then, a new task is waiting for us

all, it is our duty to protect the members right: to

ensure a fair and balanced policy is implemented on

both registered and yet to be registered members of the

College. We will keep track on the Parties support, to

race against time to strive for the Doctors title and

preserve the use of Chinese language within the

profession.As you all know CMAAC is a non-profit organization

which relies heavily on its volunteers (chapter

presidents, members, and all other contributors of TCM

and Acupuncture) and their sacrifices of time and effort

to further the causes and missions of CMAAC. CMAAC is

proud of the efforts to obtain Regulation in many

provinces, most recently Ontario, but assures members

they continue to push forward and strive for regulation

across Canada. CMAAC hopes that members and chapter

presidents continue to be united together to help

further the goals and to preserve their faith and hope.

CMAAC would like to thank everyone for their efforts

and sacrifices and we invite you all to work together for

a better and brighter future.

Dear Colleagues, Our Vice-President

(External), Dr. Susan Makray-Corey, passeaway on April 10, 2013

In Loving Memory of Our Former VP-

External, Dr. Susan Makray

Her beautiful soul went to be with the Lord, peacefully at home

in Innisfil in her 50th year on April 10, 2013.

Dr. Susan Makray, had been a member of the CMAAC since

1985 and Vice-President (External) of CMAAC since 2008. Her

dedication in promoting TCM/A in Ontario was evident with he

natural abilities in reaching out to the TCM/A community with

CMAAC and other Associations in Ontario and across Canada.

Before she passed away, she has been working hard with other

Associations in Canada for the HST-exemption from

acupuncture services. In addition, she has represented CMAAC

and Canada as one of the delegates for the World Federation o

Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) Conferences. As a

TCM practitioner, she has helped many people (notably with

World Class Figure Skaters and accompanying them to World

Championships and the Olympics) in her successful practice in

Barrie and north of Toronto. She has set example for the TCM/

community with her passion for TCM/A and what she believes

TCM/A can offer to the public. Though we know Dr. Makray can

offer so much still for the future of TCM/A in Canada and thepeople she could have helped, we will, most of all, miss her

laughs and her smiles she had such a way of bringing people

together, regardless of race and culture. We shall always

treasure the memories we had with Dr. Makray.

A tree will be planted in memory of Dr. Susan Makray in the

Dods & McNair Memorial Forest at the Island Lake Conservatio

Area, Orangeville. A dedication service will be held on Sunday,

September 8th, 2013 at 2:30 p.m.

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News from Fredericton - New members

appointed to human rights commissionrOur Chapter President Dr. Steve Lambert been appointed

to human rights commission, Congregation ! NB

Dr. Steve Lambert !

FREDERICTON (GNB) Three new members have been

appointed to the New Brunswick Human Rights

Commission.

They are Donald Gauvin, a retired teacher from Tremblay;

Steve Lambert, an acupuncturist and Chinese medicine

practitioner from Campbellton; and George R. Richmond,

a lawyer from Fredericton. "I am delighted to welcomethese three new members to the commission," said Randy

Dickinson, chair of the commission. "They have shown

great deal of dedication and leadership in their careers. I

look forward to working with them to advance equality in

New Brunswick."

Medavie Blue Cross Provider

Mobile Application

2013 June 5

Medavie Blue Cross is very pleased to announce thedevelopment of a mobile phone application that will allow our

members to interact with our approved providers across the

country. Members will be able to search for approved Medavie

Blue Cross providers in their area, see the results plotted on a

map, and have the option of adding a provider to a list of

favourites or their phones contact list from their mobile phones

or by accessing our website. The mobile app will access

provider contact information through our Provider Registry

Network. We would appreciate your assistance in

communicating the attached announcement to your members

through email or social media at your earliest convenience in

order for them to benefit from this new service. Members who

are not already registered with Medavie Blue Cross can visit ourwebsite atwww.medavie.bluecross.ca/provider-registration

Please dont hesitate to contact our Professional and Provider

Affairs department [email protected]

you have further questions.

Medavie

Great West LifeDear Colleagues,

This information below was sent from the Great-West Life

headquarters to one of the R.TCMP in Ontario:

'...Benefit plans with the Great-West Life typically provide

coverage for treatment by a licensed acupuncturist. As of July 1

2013 treatment provided by an acupuncturist will be eligible fo

coverage only where the provider is a member of the College.

Treatment by a provider who is not a member of the College

will be declined. Great West

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We have the following insurance companies using our eClaims

service: / Telus HealtheClaims :

In Production:

o GREAT WEST LIFE

o SUN LIFE (currently only Vision, Physiotherapy &

Chiropractors later for Acupuncturists)

o DESJARDIN

o STANDARD LIFE

Coming on board in 2013:

o INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE

o JOHNSON INSURANCE

o JOHNSTON GROUP

Q1 2014:

o MANULIFE

We do have acupuncturists in the regulated provinces using the

service now & would like to expand the service to the un-

regulated provinces.Telus Health
http://www.medavie.bluecross.ca/provider-registrationhttp://www.medavie.bluecross.ca/provider-registrationhttp://www.medavie.bluecross.ca/provider-registrationmailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.medavie.bluecross.ca/provider-registration


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Announcement from CMAAC Head office: At the WFAS

Sydney Conference there will be presentations made by

Professor Cedric K.T. Cheung on the topic of: Relating

phlegm and gastric carcinoma and treatment andProfessor Yi Fang Tian on the topic of: Xuanyuan auricular

acupuncture - Target weight loss.

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Global News June 20th, 2013

CMAAC is proud to present Dr. Diana Tong Li in Globals

news report on Fertility. We encourage everyone to visit

this link to watch the video!

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http://globalnews.ca/video/659945/spotlight-series-

infertility-in-nova-scotia-part-ii

(Picture above: Dr. Diana Tong Li and Global Reporter)

From Head Office www.cmaac.ca

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CMAAC would like members go to webside:

www.cmaac.ca; cmaac facebook to see up date

news. Thank you for your cooperation.

Dear member: please go to cmaac webside watch

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Letter to MB Member

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Dear CMAAC Members:

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$50 discount for TCM/A practitioners in Canada. Please

read below about the company and its standards in

compliance with Health Canada.

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212 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2R9

Tel: (416)-367-3064 (416)-603-0236 Fax: 416-572-2788Website:www.hunsing.com

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Please see website above if you want further details.
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