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Medicare to Cover Aupuncture. To provide an alternative to opioids, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in January that Medicare will now pay for acupuncture for people with chronic low back pain. The pain must have persisted for at least 12 weeks and have no known cause. Medicare will cover up to […]