Can You Claim Acupuncture On Medicare? 
No , acupuncture is not a medically approved expense by Medicare . You can not claim acupuncture on Medicare because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -LRB- CMS -RRB- has classified it as an Alternative Therapy , and Medicare will not pay for Alternative Therapy . They only reimburse therapies that they feel have been proven effective by scientific standards . 