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Massage Insurance Billing
More and more insurance companies
are allowing massage therapists to bill for their services. In all states,
massage therapists are able to bill insurance companies for motor vehicle
accidents and Labor and Industries or Worker's compensation claims. WA and
FL massage therapists. While this is a mixed blessing and filled with many ethical
and legal issues, it is important to know how to work with these companies.
Each insurance company in each
state, city, county and town, have various procedures that need to be followed
in order to get paid. Each person and situation is different and may
require different procedures. There is no way that one person could know all the
things you need to know to get paid. There are some common procedures like
using a CMS 1500 form to submit the bill.
My purpose in writing this manual is
to show massage therapists how to work with insurance companies so they can
quickly see that this is an issue that has much controversy surrounding
it. Do we even really want to be taking insurance as a profession. (see
my guest editorial in Massage Magazine Nov/Dec 2005)
Each massage
therapist needs to understand the insurance industry terms so that they can know
just what to ask each client, insurance company, physician and lawyer in order
to get paid!
Asking is the key to getting
paid!
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Will accepting insurance make your
business more profitable?
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What to charge for your services
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What you need to know about
Motor Vehicle Accidents
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What you need to know about
Labor & Industries/Workmans compensation
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How to Fill Out a HCFA form
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What CPT codes to use
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How to get the ICD-9 code and
what do they mean (list of common ICD-9 codes)
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What questions do you need to
ask all parties involved
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What to do if you don't get
paid
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Forms - ICD-9
codes, Insurance Benefits verification form, Track insurance
company communications, Intake forms, Physicians’
referral/prescription ,Insurance Billing and payment Tracking,
Progress Report
Let me know if you have any problems,
questions, comments or feedback!
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Thanks! Happy Billing!
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