Important Information for Military Vets
How to Get the VA to Pay For Your Acupuncture Treatments, Massage Therapy (and more)
Talk to your Primary Care Provider (PCP), Pain Management Team (PMT), Pain Management Coordinator (PMC), or Psychiatrist.
If you have chronic pain, recent pain or injury, chronic health conditions or mental health concerns, or if you will be/or have had a recent surgery: these are all conditions acupuncture or massage therapy can help with! The VA now recognizes acupuncture’s effectiveness at treating these conditions. Ask your doctor to put in a referral for acupuncture.
Choosing your clinic
If the acupuncture clinic at the VA does not have an opening for a new patient in a reasonable amount of time, the VA will send your referral to the Office of Community Care. The VA usually assigns patients to the clinics closest to the listed home address, so if you want to go to a specific clinic, you may need the NPI number. (The VA will use the name” Lake Plaza Acupuncture and Chiropractic” to verify.)
Our clinic’s NPI number is 1093386419
Important links for military Vets
Click on this link to set up your MyHealthEVet account. You can securely message your doctors, check and refill your prescriptions, keep track of your appointments and much more!
Veterans may be eligible for care through a provider in their local community. This link will take you to the Community Care website where you can check eligibility, appointments, billing/payments ect.. If you are having a problem because your referral isn’t complete, or it has been more than a month since you spoke to someone about getting care, you can call 1-877-881-7618 or click on the link for more information.
Follow this link for more information about VA news and updates. You can also learn more about programs available to Veterans through Triwest. If you are still trying to track down a referral or authorization for treatment you can either call the Triwest number 1-877-226-8749 or you can click on the link above.
Did you know you can get paid for the milage you drive to get to a VA appointment? Not just the ones at the VA, but your Community Care approved appointments are eligible too! Here at LPAAC Acupuncture and Care, we will gladly take the time to print out the proof of attending your appointments, just let us know you’re doing travel pay. Click here to learn more.
If you need to request a ride to the VA and/or Community Care approved appointments follow this link for more information.
We are proud to announce our collaboration with Mount Carmel, in Colorado Springs. Our practitioners will be providing ear and hand treatments free of charge for vets, every Tuesday from 3pm – 4:30 pm. You can find out more by following this link
Having trouble getting the services you requested through the VA? Are you getting the run-around with the “call the VA” or “call the Office of Community Care” and sometimes “call Triwest”? You can call this number 1-800-MyVA411 (1-800-698-2411) or follow this link to get ahold of a live person in Washington DC who will help you navigate until you get to someone who can actually help you.
VA DISABILTY RATING REVIEW
If you would like help checking to see if you were fairly rated for your VA disability, you can call 719-785-4164 to set an appointment. If you do not have your active service medical record, you can request it here.
