Alternative medicine has no one definition. It is, however, known as a non science based form of medicine.
Alternative is just one word that describes similar things.
Overall the different forms of medicine have holistic health and healthy living as a main focus. There different ways of approaching whole health which is where you will find most discrepancies amongst the different types of alternative medicine. Some insurance's will offer alternative care discounts and different payment options. Some physicians will accept insurance others chose to do fee for service.