Position at Nuvance Health Med Practice CT Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. An acupuncturist may perform or prescribe the use of acupuncture, acupressure, nutrition, diet, and additional practices of Traditional East Asian Medicine as delineated under Connecticut acupuncture licensure to promote, maintain and restore health.