Specialties NP
Published Jul 29, 2012
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Psychcns
2 Articles; 859 Posts
Where are insurance companies and medicare/Medicaid in reimbursing therapies like yoga, meditation, tai chi, chi gong etc..I agree these methods promote health. But I see people learning them in studios as a personal interest and maybe in fitness centers, but not in out patient clinics.
BlueDevil,DNP, DNP, RN
1,158 Posts
My obese, hypertensive and diabetic patients don't get exercise, yoga class or biofeedback at the clinic either. If they want to join the YMCA or hang out with Swami Ramdev, they have to pay for it. Some health club memberships cost less than than the copay for the monthly refill, and have fewer adverse effects!
(BTW, we have BCBS and they reimburse us up to $40 a month toward our monthly health club fees)
Some patients just want medication but others prefer lifestyle modification; many benefit from, or even require, both.