Acupuncture and Insurance
Acupuncture and Insurance by Stephanie Huth-lipnicki, LAc I wanted to help de-mystify Acupuncture and Insurance, because hey, it can be confusing. There are many companies who do cover Acupuncture, and there are many who still do not. We will always check to see if Acupuncture is a covered benefit through your policy. To do this we typically make a copy of your insurance card as well as your date of birth. So, let me try and help to make things clear with how insurance and Acupuncture coverage works. · IS ACUPUNCTURE A COVERED BENEFIT: The ideal answer we love to hear is yes it is a covered benefit. Sometimes, the answers we hear are things like, yes, but only for anesthesia – definitely not the favored answer. We have yet to meet the physician who allows us to come into their surgery to perform Acupuncture for the purpose of anesthesia. If the answer is no, don’t feel jilted. Only 1% of insurance companies nationwide currently cover Acupuncture at all. ·