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Background Acupuncture is the selection and manipulation of specific acupuncture points through the insertion of needles or “ needling, ” or other “non-needling ” ways concentrated on these points. The NCD for Acupuncture(30.3), issued in May 1980, states that Medicare payment for acupuncture, as an anesthetic or as an analgesic, or for other remedial purposes, may not be made. Consequently, acupuncture wasn’t considered reasonable and necessary within the meaning of section 1862(a) (1) of the Social Security Act (the Act). In 2004, we considered the use of acupunctureContinue Reading