A few weeks ago, I mentioned that Chinese medicine always prefers MEAT to RICE. What the heck was I talking about? RICE – Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation – has been a mainstay of treatment of pain from athletic injuries since the late 1970s. RICE treats pain by reducing inflammation. It treats inflammation through restricting, compressing […]
To be totally honest, we don’t know exactly how acupuncture works from a Western scientific perspective. We have some really promising ideas that have been validated by multiple researchers, but aren’t 100% definitive. Those promising ideas can be broken up into 4 main categories: Works on the brain – Studies using fMRI, a kind of […]
Do you ever wonder about all the technical terms and jargon health insurance companies use to explain the fees you need to pay? There are so many ways to say “you need to pay,” but what does each one mean and how are they different? If you’re using insurance to pay for acupuncture, you’ve definitely […]
Do you have a flexible spending account (FSA) or healthcare spending account (HSA)? If so, you can use that money to pay for acupuncture. Acupuncture is an eligible expense for FSAs and HSAs. An FSA/HSA uses pre-tax dollars to cover eligible expenses related to your health care and wellness. New York State has some special […]
Aetna Health Insurance is one of the largest providers in New York. Lucky for us, Aetna also covers acupuncture! Dylan and Jinhee, the acupuncturists of Dylan Stein Acupuncture, are both registered as out-of-network providers with Aetna. Now before you get all upset by the term “out-of-network,” let me put you at ease: There are no […]
Here at Dylan Stein Acupuncture, both Dylan and Jinhee are registered as out-of-network providers with Cigna Health Insurance. New Yorkers with Cigna often have acupuncture benefits on their plan. The phrase “out-of-network” usually makes people think that there will be bad coverage or high fees associated with getting acupuncture treatment, but that’s not the case […]
On April 30th, a Senate Committee examined alternatives to pain drugs, and acupuncture took center stage. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been increasing access to acupuncture and other alternative modalities in an effort to manage pain without addictive narcotics. Acupuncture has been used for pain management for centuries. At one of the site’s […]
The book club pick for June is How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup: A Guy’s Guide to the World of Infertility by Greg Wolfe. This is one of my favorites for men accompanying their wives through IVF or dealing with their own sub-fertility issues. We’ll check back in at the end of the […]
Great news from Albany today! After a lot of hard work on the part of the Acupuncture Society of New York, the New York State Department of Civil Services has begun allowing acupuncture done by licensed acupuncturists to be covered under the NYSHIP Empire Plan (United Healthcare). The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) […]
In Asia, acupuncture and herbal medicine are used in children routinely. In fact, in China, Western and Eastern medicines are practiced side by side in hospitals everywhere. A recent article in the American journal Pediatrics, did a meta-analysis of acupuncture studies involving children. The research, according to Reuters, was “…an analysis of 1,422 kids and teens […]
