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@"GeauxHomeLittleD"  and @"ABNARTY" 

There are insurance companies that now cover a State Licensed Acupuncturist. I take, BC/BS, Etna and the VA and some others. (The billing paperwork SUCKS) 
I can not afford a coder to do the bills.

You can ask your insurance company for the names and numbers of Licensed TCM Doctors they have on file.
Or you can try Health Professionals  https://www.healthprofs.com/us/members?tr=Hdr_Brand for your state and get a pretty good profile with what they specilize in and what insurance they take.
I am listed with them.
Here is a good choice https://www.healthprofs.com/us/acupunctu...423&ref=10
https://www.healthprofs.com/us/acupunctu...f423&ref=2

I think for Kentucky and maybe TN.
Go to the site and choice your state and then on the left side choice the type of specialist.

I hope this helps.

We have an acupuncture doctor about 11 miles from here. In a shocker, grace's pain clinic doctor prescribed acupuncture for her, and she found that doctor. We've not been there yet, though.

I'm big on chiropractors. I've found two decent ones over the course of my life, but ran into many more who weren't so good. Many of them are just in it to see how much money they can bilk out of you. The last good one I went to was for a problem where the last two fingers on my left hand were going numb. He charged 145 buck for some x-rays to diagnose the problem, and 35 bucks a visit to fix it, which was reasonable.

In contrast, I ran into one in Greensboro, NC, who charged anywhere from 750 to 900 dollars a visit to do nothing. I went to see him ONCE, after a car wreck, and he charged me 900 dollars for that one visit, and all he did was clack around on me with one of those clicker things, then told me to come back 5 times a week for more. No thanks. I actually made money on that one, though - the insurance company had gotten a lot of complaints on him, and were wanting to build an insurance fraud case against him.

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No doubt that some are Crooked and are actually practicing without a degree or License.
I was informed by a patient about a person charging $300. a visit and not helping at all.
I got her name and address from my patient and look her up, No AZ. License and No Degree from an Accredited School in America, which any Acupuncturist needs to study for their Bio-Exam and their Clean Needle Exam.
I reported her to the AZ. Board Of Acupuncture, they closed her down and fined her, she was also taken to court.

Now to practice TCM or just Acupuncture you do need to have passed a License or at least in some states a Certificate to prove you passed the course.

For myself.
As an Accredited TCM practitioner I must be able to show the Malpractice Insurance company that they have passed all State Requirements for the State they want to practice in.
I have to carry $600,000. / $1,500,000. per. person in Malpractice Insurance for the different insurance companies I accept.

In order to be a member and on the Board of the AZ. Board of Acupuncturist I must have my Licenses renewed every year, I must have 26 hrs of remedial education every two years, I must belong and be in good standing with CAQH (Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare), Masters degree in TCM and another in Holistic/Herbal Medicine, I have Two Ph.D.'s in TCM and my Doctorate in the field of TMC.
I am also the Head Instructor at PIHMA college (Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine & Acupuncture) and teach two classes a week, one for Acupuncture and the evening class is for Herbal Medicine.
I have two clinics that I see patients at  and I work 6 days a week about 12 hours a day doing all the above every two week a month, then my husband and I take a hunting/fishing trip.
AND, I am here as much as I can be to assist our members and to show our members we care.

@"Ninurta" 
See if that Acupuncturist recommended to Grace is listed in that link I provided above.
If he is, you should be able to see what he charges and what he is trained to treat.