Tai Chi Classes

[Ron Snyder]

I have a physician (MD) client who has submitted for reimbursement the following expenses:

Fees for a beginning Tai Chi class

Subscription to Dr. Andrew Weil's "Self Healing" medical newsletter

Tufts Unicersity's "Health & Nutrition Letter"

These do not appear to me to be 213(d) medical expenses. However, as a physician, the client can easily provide a letter of medical necessity.

Any experience with such claims?

[GBurns]

I usually see these denied. Reasons being, not medically necessary, unidentifiable illness, not regarded as proper treatment protocol, not within treatment guidelines for the particular ilness or disease if one is specified. In general, they could not be shown as accepted treatment for care, treatment or mitigation of any specific illness or disease.