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Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture?
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RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture?
(July 29, 2018 at 6:04 am)TaraJo Wrote: So, since I've started this job, this is something that I've wondered about.

I've been working in health insurance, doing pre-authorizatios; I get a lot of calls, setting up preauth for chiropractic care.  I had previously thought chiropractic care was all bunk.  Admittedly, some of it IS ridiculous and goes heavily into 'woo' territory.  But some of it seems to help.  And we usually seem to be able to cover that (or, at least, apply it to a deductable).  

But once in a while, I get a member calling about accupuncture.  Well, it's my job so I put in the preauthorization request for them and I've seen previous preauthorizations for accupuncture actually get approved.  This surprises me because I see a lot of treatments getting denied because they're "not medically necessary."  Based on what I've seen of it, I can't imagine accupuncture being medically necessary and this specific treatments effectiveness relies entirely on the placebo effect; giving them a sugar pill would do just as much good.  Does anyone know anything about this?

It is only as good as a placebo, if one wants the sugar pill to work, it is still arbitrary if the outcome "seems" to favor it.
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Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by TaraJo - July 29, 2018 at 6:04 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Whateverist - November 6, 2018 at 10:47 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by brewer - August 1, 2018 at 8:10 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Aegon - July 29, 2018 at 2:25 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Brian37 - July 29, 2018 at 4:24 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Little Rik - August 10, 2018 at 11:44 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Angrboda - August 10, 2018 at 2:41 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Little Rik - August 11, 2018 at 10:53 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Little Rik - August 11, 2018 at 10:42 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Angrboda - August 11, 2018 at 7:59 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Angrboda - August 12, 2018 at 9:08 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Angrboda - August 12, 2018 at 9:44 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Angrboda - August 12, 2018 at 1:45 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Little Rik - August 12, 2018 at 11:22 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Cyberman - August 12, 2018 at 8:17 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by brewer - August 12, 2018 at 8:34 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Cyberman - August 12, 2018 at 8:55 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Cyberman - August 12, 2018 at 10:35 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Aegon - August 12, 2018 at 1:38 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Cyberman - August 13, 2018 at 6:31 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Cyberman - August 14, 2018 at 7:08 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by no one - November 6, 2018 at 11:44 am
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by Grandizer - November 6, 2018 at 12:10 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by brewer - November 6, 2018 at 2:00 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by brewer - November 6, 2018 at 2:18 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by brewer - November 6, 2018 at 2:05 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by no one - November 6, 2018 at 4:47 pm
RE: Is there any legitimacy to accupuncture? - by no one - November 6, 2018 at 4:55 pm



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