Proposed federal legislation could require expanded insurance coverage for alternative and complementary therapies.Continue Reading Senate considering expanding mandatory insurance coverage for alternative therapies

Medical doctors practicing integrative medicine (incorporating complementary and alternative medical therapies into conventional care) face a number of insurance-related issues.
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In addition to limitations on therapies considered “medically unnecessary” or “experimental,” many insurance policies limit patients’ reimbursement opportunities.
Continue Reading Insurance caps on high-cost health care limit reimbursement

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has announced discounts on complementary and alternative medicine treatments including yoga and homeopathy.
Continue Reading Guardian Life Insurance announces CAM program

Getting insurance reimbursement for CAM therapies can be tricky, because many insurers limit third-party reimbursement to “medically necessary” therapies, and also exclude “experimental” treatments.
Continue Reading Insurance reimbursement for complementary and alternative medicine modalities

Insurance company Aetna was sued by a New Jersey couple for refusing to cover their daughter’s care for anorexia.
Continue Reading Insurer Sued for Refusing to Cover Care for Anorexia

HIPPA turned 10 on Aug. 21, 2006.
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Insurance reimbursement creates a ” bias to pay doctors more for performing a test or procedure than for using our heads to make a diagnosis or manage a disease.”
Continue Reading Reimbursement Skews Treatment, Doctor Confesses in WSJ