Billing insurance is a continual learning process. I have been lucky in that I haven’t had to deal with too many issues. However, there are some things to keep in mind if you are pursuing using your insurance for massage. As always it fully depends on your insurance company. Regence requires preauthorization for massage (and …
Author Archives: Melissa D'Haene
Insurance Billing – Part 3 – Insurances Rates
In Part 1 of insurance billing I mentioned a scenario where fictitious LMP, Sally, billed $120 per massage and the insurance only allowed $58 to be paid out by them and the patient. Why is there a discrepancy? Every insurance company decides what they are going to pay out for each covered service. They set …
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Massage Gift Certificates for 2013
Per the usual, I have gift certificates available for purchase, in person or online, for this holiday season. You have until the Friday before Christmas to take a few moments to pick one up if you would like. I will be closed the entire week of Christmas so please plan ahead! Other than that, have …
Insurance Pages
In the next couple of weeks I’m going to be creating insurance pages specific to the insurances I can bill. On there you will be able to find up to date information about what your insurance will probably, or definitely does, require in order for you to use your massage benefits. As is the typical, …
Massage Laws Series
I like to be thorough, very thorough. It makes sense to take extra care when following laws, especially if you have a license you need to keep. Going through massage school we were taught most of the laws that applied directly to massage. The usual stuff, you have to be licensed, call yourself these things …
Yoga in Bellingham – The Search Begins
I am a huge fan of yoga, I’ve been practicing at home for years. This summer however, I decided that I needed to go to an actual class, in part so I can better know where to send my clients and also for feedback on how I’m doing. Yup, the couple of classes I’ve tried …
Insurance Billing – Part 2 – What the law says
Here comes the boring and confusing part of insurance billing – the law. If you missed my first post read it here. It’s long, but I wanted to be thorough. In that post I used a story to describe why massage therapists and others often appear to have different prices for billing insurance versus cash …
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Insurance Billing Game – Part 1
The Insurance Game: I know there is a lot of confusion around insurance. Can you can use your benefits? Are there discounts for paying at time of service, sliding scale, etc? This post is actually a lead up to a change I’m making – don’t worry I will still bill insurance, but I want to …
2013 Vacations
I’ll be off for a quick vacation starting Friday July 26th and will be returning to work on July 31st. Please feel free to email or leave voice mails and I’ll get back to you when I am back to work. Have a great summer! ~Melissa
Heat Wave
♪ We’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave, the temperature’s rising, it isn’t surprising, I might be dying ♪… kidding! Hopefully, if it isn’t too late I’ll be getting a window A/C unit soon so we don’t all melt while getting/giving a massage (or I’ll at least get 27 fans to help with air flow). …