Acupuncture for your employees
Acupuncture can treat pain without medicine.
What is acupuncture?
It’s a treatment that uses thin needles to help with health problems. The needles are put in your employee’s skin throughout parts of their body and placed in spots that focus on their health concern.
How can it help my employees?
It’s a way to reduce pain without medicine.
What health conditions can my employees use this benefit for?
The benefit only covers acupuncture for pain management of certain conditions, such as:
- Acquired spondylolisthesis
- Ankle sprain
- Bell’s palsy
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic headache
- Chronic neck pain
- Epilepsy
- Fibromyalgia
- Joint pain
- Low back pain
- Lower back sprain/strain
- Myofascial pain
- Nausea due to surgery, pregnancy, or cancer treatment (chemotherapy)
- Pain from osteoarthritis of the hip or knee
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Rotator cuff syndrome
Acupuncture treatment is only covered if your employees go to an in-network acupuncture provider.
How much will this treatment cost my employee?
- There’s NO COPAY for acupuncture at the Culinary Health Centers.
- There’s a $15 copay for in-network acupuncture visits outside of the health center.
How many times can each employee get this treatment?
There is a limit of 12 visits per calendar year.
Where can my employees go for treatment?
Follow this link to find a provider.
Call Customer Service at 702-733-9938 if you have any questions.