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how much do health insurances pay?

so how do i find out how much health insurances would pay per unit/ hour, if they cover LMT services? which one is known for paying an ok amount and for which one is it not even worth it to bill (with all the extra paperwork involved).

I believe it is different for every LMT but a general outline would be so helpful...

Thanks for any input on this!

~janine

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Julie Onofrio on March 29, 2011 at 9:55pm

Each company and each plan are different. You just have to call each one of them to find out. I am starting an online networking forum to start gathering info like this at my site www.massagepracticebuilder.com/forum

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thanks

Julie

Permalink Reply by Rachel Sheard, LMT, NCTMB, CIPI on April 22, 2011 at 11:39pm

I am an approved provider with the American Specialty Health (ASH) Network. Between my clients' copay and what ASH covers, I only get $15 LESS than my standard rates for a 60min. session. I don't have very many ASH clients, so it's not too much of a loss. I also think of it as being one more source for generating new clients and each new client is, of course, a new seed in the community that can spread the word about my services/style/etc.