{"id":9169,"date":"2018-01-06T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9169"},"modified":"2018-01-05T10:33:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:33:39","slug":"va-is-using-acupuncture-to-curb-the-use-of-opioid-painkillers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9169","title":{"rendered":"VA is using acupuncture to curb the use of opioid painkillers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">Doctors at Baltimore\u2019s VA Medicare Center has started offering a version of acupuncture to treat some veterans\u2019 chronic pain. The willingness to try alternative methods of treating pain reflects the VA\u2019s pressing need to reduce the use of addictive opioids for thousands of men and women. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/health\/bs-hs-veterans-acupuncture-20171226-story.html?utm_campaign=KHN:%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=59804897&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8FibbZxQIYDWHOCEdbuePFg2ntemqJN9ElIUMuim2Mv0eoUVuoDkwCE_SPfF8PvcPXf8hRqNxSxgAQAgDD0--aj2lh5w&amp;_hsmi=59804897\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7914\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors at Baltimore\u2019s VA Medicare Center has started offering a version of acupuncture to treat some veterans\u2019 chronic pain. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-veterans-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9170,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9169\/revisions\/9170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}