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AMTA is excited to share that Congress passed the NOPAIN Act in late December! Thank you to our massage community for your support in helping pass this crucial legislation, which aims to expand access to massage therapy for pain and help stem the opioid epidemic across the nation.
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Through advocacy work, AMTA strives to enhance the reputation and acceptance of massage therapy and the important role of professional massage therapists in health and wellness. Here are some of the highlights of what we accomplished in 2022.
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A "lame duck" session is coming when Congress returns to Washington, DC on November 14. Big changes are expected in massage therapy committees of interest.
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The Interstate Compact draft language is now available for review and public comment. Make your voice heard by submitting your concerns, support or opposition of it.
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AMTA is pleased that the omnibus bill includes a variety of provisions intended to address the role of integrative care and chronic pain, and other integrative pain issues of direct interest to the massage therapy community.
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With input from the massage community, a ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations reached out to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) encouraging the distribution of the HHS Pain Management Report to the medical community.
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AMTA opposes the new Utah Senate Bill, S.B. 180 titled “Massage Therapy Practice Act Amendments” which would create two substandard tiers of licensure for massage therapy.
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With AMTA input, the NAICS 2022 update includes changing the term "massage parlors" to "massage wellness centers."
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AMTA provides comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about Medicare's Inclusion of Massage in 2022.
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Learn how the HHS FY 2022 bill and draft report supports education, public awareness and research on massage therapy for pain management.
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AMTA’s advocacy efforts are continuing to move the massage therapy profession forward. We are working to increase public and policymaker awareness of the efficacy of massage therapy.
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New legislation addressing comprehensive approaches to pain care introduced in Congress.
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The U.S. Pain Foundation, with input from AMTA, has recommended the Centers for Medicare & Madicaid Services take a multidisciplinary approach to pain, including massage therapy.
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AMTA volunteer and staff representatives met with Veterans Affairs and Medicaid offices to promote massage therapy.
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