Step by step…little by little…. massage therapy is being accepted by health insurance. The latest step is the news that 270 Medicare Advantage Plans WILL be covering massage therapy. It was a part of recent efforts by AMTA to make this happen. AMTA News Brief September 4, 2018: AMTA Reaching Out to 700 Medicare Advantage […]
Massage Insurance Billing
Getting massage therapy covered by health insurance in the US.
All over the US, various organizations are calling for the inclusion of massage therapy in healthcare to help combat the Opioid epidemic and more. Massage Therapy can help with pain relief and management, and can be a big part of resolving many musculoskeletal injuries and conditions. Many organizations are calling for alternative options for pain […]
Billing Health Insurance in WA State
WA State has long had the ability to bill and get paid by health insurance companies. It came about because of a bill called ‘the every category law’ that was created in 1993 by the insurance commissioner at the time – Deborah Senn. I have heard her speak a few times and she will tell […]
If we are not at the table, we are on the menu.
If you are not at the table, you are on the menu is a political saying that supposedly comes out of WA DC in about 2000 with no known origin. I first heard it said that the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education Conference (I think in about 2010) in Tuscon AZ by John Weeks, publisher/editor […]