Brian Kwon Acupuncture Starting in late October of 2021, we will be accepting worker’s compensation for acupuncture. This means we will accept L & I patients with Low Back Pain for acupuncture. Patients will need a referral to be eligible to use this benefit.
Here is the guideline that needs to be followed:
Treatment Must Focus on Functional Recovery and Return to Work
Under workers’ compensation insurance, acupuncture treatment must focus on helping occupationally injured and ill workers heal and return to work.
Treatment covered:
• Low back pain related to an accepted condition on a workers’ compensation claim.
• When ordered by the workers’ attending provider, up to 10 treatments over the lifetime of the claim.
• When documentation shows clinically meaningful improvement in pain and function.
Treatment NOT covered:
• Treatment beyond the medically necessary number of visits, not to exceed the 10 visit maximum.
• Injured worker has reached maximum medical improvement.
• Treatment that does not improve physical function of the industrial injury or occupational disease.
• Any other modality not specifically listed.
For more information, please refer to this link:
https://lni.wa.gov/patient-care/treating-patients/conditions-and-treatments/?query=Acupuncture
