Do RMOs have access to insurance direct billing in Canada?

Yes, they do. Registered manual osteopaths (RMO) members of College of Registered Manual Osteopaths are accepted by TELUS DIRECT for e-Claim access. With e-Claims NAO graduated RMOs can directly bill health insurers in Canada and receive payments directly to their bank accounts. Previously patients had to pay the RMO, get a paid in full receipt, submit the receipt to the health insurer to get reimbursed. This would take up to a month in average but with e-Claim the processing time is a lot faster.

Registered Manual Osteopaths Accepted by TELUS DIRECT e-CLAIMS for Insurance Direct Billing in Canada

Insurance Direct Billing is now available in Canada for Registered Manual Osteopaths members of the College of Registered Manual Osteopaths (www.manualosteopaths.org).

Please note only members of CRMO are permitted to use the title of RMO (Registered Manual Osteopath) as it is a copyrighted title awarded only to full members of CRMO.

This is the link for RMOs to register with TELUS DIRECT: https://sso.telushealth.com/

A big congratulations to the College of Registered Manual Osteopaths for getting insurance direct billing for its RMO members.

NAO Professor Chosen as National Wrestling Team Sports Physician

National Academy of Osteopathy (Canada) Sports Nutrition & Biomechanics professor, Dr. Abazar Habibinia is the official sports physician of the Iranian National Wrestling Team. He is currently at the wrestling training hall in Hangzhou, China, with the Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling team, preparing them for for the Asian Games starting on Oct 04, 2023.

Letter From Dr. Amy Anderson, DOMP, DO (Spain)

Here is a letter NAO President received from Dr. Amy Anderson, DOMP, DO (Spain) who studied at National Academy of Osteopathy (Canada).

"Thank you Dr. Pourgol for all that you have done for me and for Osteopathy… and now Naprapathy! I have a very fulfilling practice in Port Hope, Ontario. Most of my clients come in weekly or bi-weekly because they enjoy my treatments so much! You have made my life so much richer in so many ways! GOD bless you as well! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!

I am thrilled with my choice to attend National Academy of Osteopathy for my DOMP and NUMSS (National University of Medical Sciences) for my DO! So much so that I am now enrolled in the Doctor of Naprapathy program! I started this journey at 52 years old and my decision to study Osteopathy was the best decision in my life… after my decision to have 5 children!! Lol! This training has changed my life!"

Mandatory Interviews

 Effective immediately all applicants who wish to get admissions to any of the osteopathy programs we offer at National Academy of Osteopathy (Canada) must do a virtual interview with Dr. Pourgol as part of their admission process.

Thank you.

NAO Graduation Day - August 2023

 National Academy of Osteopathy 25th Graduation Day (in the past 13 years) at our York University Heights campus- August 24, 2023

Osteopathy & Professional Athletes

Osteopathy as a career is quite popular with athletes. We have as students a number of Olympic level athletics who are members of the national teams. We also have many Brazilian Jujitsu and mixed martial arts practitioners including Taekwondo blackbelt and MMA champion Melissa Sophia Karagianis who graduated this week from the DOMP program we offer at National Academy of Osteopathy.

Join us, study osteopathy at National Academy of Osteopathy and secure your future.

Dr Pourgol Signing Diplomas

After a long day of signing the diplomas for the graduation day of DOMP students at the York University Heights campus of National Academy of Osteopathy (Canada) Dr. Pourgol was rewarded with some fat and sugar in the form of a blueberry Danish and a Cinnabon from a café near our campus!

Saturday is the graduation day. It is now 13 years we teach osteopathy!

Many of our current students were osteopathy patients who decided to study osteopathy after being treated by a National Academy of Osteopathy graduate.

Registered nurse, Zahra Nematpoor-Faridan is an example. After seeing Dr. Amir Kazemi for 4 visit, her chronic pain was gone and that was the key in her deciding to study osteopathy. Zahra owns a number of medical beauty and Botox clinics inside her husband's walk-In medical clinics. Soon osteopathy will also be provided in her clinics as well!

Zahra was so nice to bring us these yummy baklavas and coffee!

Location is not as important as you think!

Yes, there are locations such as Naples in Florida, Scottsdale in Arizona and most towns in California where it is a lot easier to make it big as a manual osteopath. But if you focus on treating chronic pain effectively then you can make it big no matter where you are practicing osteopathy as chronic pain is everywhere and that is why we focus heavily on chronic pain education at National Academy of Osteopathy.

NAO student Vitalia, who moved from Alberta to a tiny town in British Columbia (Canada) illustrates this point perfectly! She has a fully booked practice in a tiny town of just 1500 people! And she has done such a great job there that massage therapist Kassandra Michelle, from that same town also decided to study osteopathy after visiting Vitalia!

As a matter of fact, most students at NAO are patients and/or referrals from our alumni! And we are grateful to Vitalia for referring Kassandra. Our students love NAO!

We are specially proud of Vitalia and Kassandra as both have become landowners (they own over 80 acres of land in BC!) and now are self sufficient, growing their own food, using solar panels and wind turbines for electricity and taking water from a river and well. That is one beautiful life!

Dr. Pourgol Now a Licensed Chiropractor in Spain

 National Academy of Osteopathy (Canada) president, Dr. Shawn Pourgol is now a licensed chiropractor in Spain.

Dr. Pourgol needed this license to operate a chiropractic internship clinic for the doctor of chiropractic (DC) program of his new university in Spain, the Seville University of Health & Medicine, a campus based, in-person university.

#sevilleu #sevilleuniversity #sevilleuniversityofhealthandmedicine

#nationalacademyofosteopathy

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Organization of Women Entrepreneurs (NLOWE) Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner is an NAO Graduate!

 Congratulations to National Academy of Osteopathy graduate, Jaime Evans for receiving the 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador’s Organization of Women Entrepreneurs (NLOWE) Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

National Academy of Osteopathy graduates successful manual osteopaths because our students receive over 250 business management lectures by Dr Shawn Pourgol, MBA, DC, DO, PhD. These lectures are the main reason why NAO alumni have average annual income of $150,000 which is $60,000 more than what other manual osteopaths make in Canada.

Congratulations to the College of Registered Manual Osteopaths for being recognized by the Alberta Blue Cross

 

The College of Registered Manual Osteopaths received the following statement from Alberta Blue Cross Insurance Company in regards to reimbursement for manual osteopathic care provided by Registered Manual Osteopaths (RMOs):

“Alberta Blue Cross does not have an approved provider list, we simply verify the credentials of practitioners as claims come in. Since the College of Registered Manual Osteopaths is located in Ontario, we would recognize them as a body for manual osteopaths practicing in Ontario. The approval or denial of claims will depend on the specific benefits of the member’s plan.”

Congratulations to the College of registered Manual Osteopaths For Being Accepted by Medavie Blue Cross

 Congratulations to the College of Registered Manual Osteopaths for getting registered manual osteopaths accepted by the Medavie Blue Cross in Canada. This is a big achievement for RMOs.

#crmo #registeredmanualosteopaths #RMO #naocanada #nationalacademyofosteopathy #studyosteopathy #DOMP #osteopathy #osteopath #manualosteopathy #manualosteopath #osteopathicmanualpractitioner #weloveosteopathy

Free ACMA Membership

 National Academy of Osteopathy DOMP graduates who have a degree in naprapathy can now bill Canadian extended health plan insurers for manual osteopathy as well as naturotherapy if they are a member of the Quebec based national association, the Canadian Alliance of Alternative Medicine (ACMA). NAO graduates who have already joined ACMA as a manual osteopath will receive free ACMA naturotherapy membership.

A message received yesterday from Karin Ann

 A message received yesterday from Karin Ann, a National Academy of Osteopathy student who practices in London, Ontario:

Hi Dr. Pourgol:

I was nominated as the Gold winner in the best manual osteopathy clinic in London (Ontario). NAO graduates are taking London by storm!!!

There is a clinic belonging to graduates of Canadian Academy of Osteopathy a block from me and in the last 90 days, 19 of their patients have found me and switched to my care Completely unprompted by me. They're just finding I have higher empathy, I'm kind, I get quicker and longer results and overall provide better care.

I cannot thank you enough. You have literally changed the trajectory of my life.

A beautiful post from a National Academy of Osteopathy student

 

Thank you so much NAO

My time spent with NAO was a very enjoyable experience . I found online was very beneficial as I could see the classes as many times as I wanted. And whenever I asked questions they were always answered. The forums and private groups all the students worked to help one another. It was a great learning experience. I enjoyed it so much I went on to NUMSS and continued studies. That also was equally as great and just built upon the knowledge previous . The business classes are extremely beneficial and after graduation whenever I had questions or issues the private groups and staff were always there to help. I plan to continue learning with them as now they are like family . Even currently I continue to improve my work as an Osteopath .

Thomas Elisseou, PhD, DO, BScO, DOMP

Our students love NAO (& we love them also)!

 

Here is a beautiful post from registered manual osteopath/Yoga teacher Yazdan Raees, DOMP, RMO who practices in the beaches area in Toronto.

National Academy of Osteopathy is amazing!!

My experience in NAO was very interesting and I learned alot. The approach used by the founder of NAO, Dr. Pourgol is very unique. Not only you learn alot during the course but your learning never stops after.

Most importantly you grow in many ways, not only as a therapist and practitioner but also as a business person, as a clinic owner, as an educator, even as a better and more positively impactful human.

You learn the skills to help people live pain free but also how to improve your own quality of life. The curriculum is very diverse and always improving that comes with the flexible and scientific approach that keeps getting better year after year.

The support of NAO does not stop after graduation and you keep getting genuine support for as long as you are open to it. The skills you learn about managing your clinic, growing your practice and also in investment is extremely valuable.

I went to NAO wanting to learn a very specific aspect of Osteopathy but it opened my mind into so many tools Osteopathy offers us as practitioners to help others.

I would say NAO is a great place to start or continue your journey and you become a part of a global family that is very unique, modern and filled with interesting people you meet and things that you learn to always keep you ahead and make a better version of yourself.

NAO Graduate Publishes Book

 We wish to congratulate National Academy of Osteopathy student, Dr. Ann Shivas, PhD, MT, DOMP for publishing her first book, now on sale on Amazon.

Dr Shivas is an ex member of the Canada's National Soccer Team. She currently lives in New Zealand but continues managing her successful osteopathy clinics in Quebec.

We remember receiving an email once from one of her patients, Mark MacNeil, a massage therapist in Quebec. He had a shoulder condition and even though had treatments from 5 Quebec osteopaths he did not get better. After seeing Dr Shivas for just one visit his pain was gone. Mark was so impressed with the effectiveness of her style of orthopedic osteopathy that he also enrolled at NAO to become an osteopath.

We are proud to have her as one of our alumni.

Toronto Football Club Rehab Specialist Enrolls at National Academy of Osteopathy

We are honored that Marcelo Casal, the Rehabilitation Specialist for Toronto FC has enrolled in the DOMP program we offer at National Academy of Osteopathy.

Osteopathy has become quite popular with athletes and those who treat athletes. We have a number of alumni who are the team manual osteopaths for national level Karate, Taekwondo, Volleyball, Football, boxing, wrestling, dancing, & swimming in Canada & other countries as well as the Porsche Car Racing teams in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).

While all teams these days have athletic therapists, chiropractors and physiotherapists, not so many have manual osteopaths. Becoming a manual osteopath is a sure easy way to join athletic teams for those who wish to provide care to professional athletes.

A beautiful post from a recent NAO graduate

I would like to thank National Academy of Osteopathy for offering me a new career path in healthcare. The school has allowed me to take care of my health and related family members' health on an expert level. I have used the techniques I learned in school to alleviate back pain for my brothers, neck mobility for my sister, visceral therapy to assist my father during his terminal illness and many others.

The school has improved and expanded my skill set to become a knowledgeable therapist. Now I am on my journey to pursue my own clinic; the Spine Mobility and Osteopathy.

NAO also has a strong support group that allows you to continue learning and growing the vision of owning a successful business. Thank you Dr Pourgol for giving me a new journey in my life that I am truly passionate about and truly enjoy.

Loi Hua, BSc, DOMP

1658 Asgard Drive

Mississauga, Ontario

Tel.: (647) 448-6655

info@spine-mobility.com

A beautiful post by National Academy of Osteopathy student Joshua Sibley

The community of NAO is one I am proud to be part of. During my studies I have met amazing Health Professionals that share their love for Manual Osteopathy and this has only encouraged me to go full out into this profession! I am excited to continue my journey into NUMSS, but I am most excited about the amazing members that support each other throughout this environment Dr Pourgol has established for us!

A beautiful post by NA graduate in Alberta, osteopathic manual practitioner, Paolo Manalo, DOMP:

Osteopathy Works!

Thank you Jesus for the opportunity and the ability to help people have a Pain Free Life! And to restore their body's normal function!

Thank you National Academy of Osteopathy for introducing me to Osteopathy! Now I have the most rewarding career. There's nothing that can beat helping people experience solutions for their Chronic Pain.

If you want to become a health practitioner, I highly recommend becoming a Manual Osteopath and to experience Osteopathy.

Please study at NAO! Because it's the best Manual Medicine school out there. No bias!

Osteopathy has a holistic approach to treatment and finds the root cause of your pain.

Thank you Dr. Shawn Pourgol for always going extra miles for us to become a better Osteopathic Manual Practitioner in practice, business, and in life!

Thank you for pushing us to dream big, but at the same time to have fun in life and to appreciate God's goodness!

Our DOMP Program, with 2260 Hours Has More Lecture Hours Than Most Other Schools of Osteopathy

Did you know National Academy of Osteopathy DOMP program at over 2260 hours is one of the most in-dept osteopathy programs in Canada?

There are a number of schools in Canada offering 3 to 5 years osteopathy programs but their total teaching hour ranges between 300 to 1500 hours as they teach one weekend a month, 6 months per year.

NAO graduates can join the College of Registered Manual Osteopaths to become an RMO which gives them the ability to bill most private health insurers in Canada.

Additionally manual osteopath, naprapath & chiropractor, Dr Shawn Pourgol, MBA, DC, DO, DN, PhD teaches them all he knows about business in over 250 business management lectures which enables them to have annual average income of $150,000 which is $60,000 more than what other manual osteopaths make in Canada.

You can study osteopathy anywhere. But to become a successful manual osteopath, there is only NAO.

We Have More Professors Than Any Other Schools of Osteopathy

 Did you know National Academy of Osteopathy has more technique instructors and teaches more techniques than any other school of osteopathy in Canada?

Manual osteopath & registered massage therapist Grace So, RCRT, RMT, DOMP seen in the photos below is one of our 45 instructors.

Our DOMP program, with over 2260 hours of education is one of the most in-dept osteopathy programs in Canada. Our DOMP is applied, practical and clinically oriented. NAO graduates can join the College of Registered Manual Osteopaths to become an RMO which gives them the ability to bill most extended health plan insurers in Canada.

You can study osteopathy anywhere but to become a successful manual osteopath, there is only NAO.

A Post by One of Our American DOMP Graduates

A post by an American student of National Academy of Osteopathy, osteopathic manual practitioner/naprapath, Dr. Shanna Arno, DOMP, DN who practices manual osteopathy and naprapathy in Vancouver, Washington (USA):

I love that I added Naprapathy to my private practice - it’s awesome to be both a manual osteopath and a naprapath.

Canadian Armed Forces VRPSM Accepts NAO

 

We are happy to announce that the Canadian Armed Forces Vocational Rehabilitation Program for Service Members (CAF-VRPSM) has accepted the Diploma in Osteopathic Manual Practice program (DOMP) of National Academy of Osteopathy (Canada).

CAF-VRPSM covers the tuition and others fees of approved programs for eligible service members.

NAO Accredited by Association Canadienne des Therapeutes en Medecines Douces

 National Academy of Osteopathy (founded in 2010) has been accredited by the Association Canadienne des Therapeutes en Medecines Douces (a national association based in Quebec).

This association is accepted by most extended health plan insurers in Canada.