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All about billing insurance companies for massage services. What states can you bill for mva's, work injuries, PPO's, HMO's? What is required in each state or even city?
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Massage Insurance Billing
I have been billing insurance since the beginning of my career which started in 1989. I am not an expert but do know a fair amount about it. The thing is that there are so many differences in each state and in each city and even each insurance plan it can be overwhelming. I have used insurance billing through my career to keep it stable. Yes there are difficulties in getting paid but I found that the more I knew the better I was able to weed out problem cases and set boundaries around working with people and their insurance companies. I am starting this group to allow people to share their insurance billing tips, classes and information.
Please start a discussion topic and use your state/city in the heading and share information on what massage insurance billing you are able to do in your area. Thanks Julie
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Comment by Michele Durbois,LMT, NCBTMB on May 26, 2012 at 7:11am
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To Rachel Sheard, Try checking out www.Soapvault.com I have herd of therapist using this site for soap notes with success.
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@erica ragusa...yes, work on the neck. Remember that there are attachments to the traps in the sub-occipital region. I would generally almost always work the neck when there is shoulder pain in the upper traps, or levators. I'd probably throw in some scalene work, too, just in case.
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Comment by erica ragusa on February 17, 2012 at 11:48pm
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Within insurance billing for medical massage, I know that we can only work within a doctor's prescription. However, how do we proceed when the prescription calls for manual therapy to the patient's shoulder, and the patient complains of pain radiating up his neck (ie, his upper trapezius). Can we massage the neck as well?
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Comment by Kim Savoie on February 6, 2011 at 9:58pm
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Comment by Rachel Sheard, LMT, NCTMB, CIPI on December 11, 2010 at 11:22pm
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Has anyone heard of/used Wincity SOAP notes software, or have another software to recommend? I'm still handwriting all of mine, and feel ready to step it up,
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Comment by Julie Onofrio on November 28, 2010 at 4:13pm
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If you want to start billing insurance I have alot of free information on how to do it. Start with figuring out if it will be profitable for you by figuring out your cost per client and how taking insurance would help your business. Find someone in your area who is doing billing and ask them to teach you how. Basically it is learning about billing and working with insurance companies and lawyers and learning what to ask and who to ask what so that you can learn to screen your cases and weed out those trouble cases and make ins. billing easier.
http://thebodyworker.com/ins-billing-contents.htm
Vivian is also a good resource.
If you have specific issues about billing start a new discussion above!
Julie
www.thebodyworker.com
www.massagepracticebuilder.com
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Comment by Darcy Neibaur on November 28, 2010 at 3:19pm
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Contact Vivian Madison Mahoney. She is the expert in this field.
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Comment by Desiree Zeller, LMT, BCTMB on November 28, 2010 at 1:42pm
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I want to start billing insurance for work comp and car accident/PI cases in PA. Where can I go to get instructions and billing codes, etc to get this started?
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You are so welcome Nancy!
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Comment by Nancy Henson on October 30, 2010 at 11:28pm
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Thank u Darcy! Will do :) Reviewed the site and it's very informative and seems like it covers all aspects of requirements for insurance billing. This is great!
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