Insurance/Medical Massage

Holistic Massage & Wellness Clinics does treat clients/patients for injuries for personal injury claims, such as automobile accidents (PIP) and work-related injuries (workman’s compensation claims). When you meet specific criteria, your medical massage services may be billed directly to your insurance.

What you will need:

• a prescription from a physician, naturopathic physician or chiropractor
• the prescription must include a diagnosis code (or codes) for billing purposes
• a claim number from your auto insurance company (PIP)
• the name of the claims representative from your auto insurance company who is handling your claim

FAQ's:

Q. What kind of massages do you specialize in?
A. Swedish, deep tissue, trigger point, orthopedic/clinical/medical massage.

Q. What is the difference between regular, Swedish massage and medical/clinical massage?
A. First, medical massage requires different training, documentation, and follow-ups than Swedish massage.

Second, medical massage focuses on achieving direct, measurable results to improve a physical condition such as sprains or TMJ Dysfunction.

Lastly, medical massage requires the patient to be more involved during the massage instead of lying on the table, relaxing and falling asleep.

Q. Does my insurance provider pay for medical massage?
A. Yes, Personal Injury Protection (PIP) and Workman’s Comp (WC) insurances typically provide payment to medical massage practitioners if your doctor prescribes the need for it. Each insurance company and policy is different so verification is needed before treatment can begin.

What you need to do:

The ordering physician must state what condition; accident injury or illness; the massage therapy is expected to provide relief from.

Generally this must be included on the written order or prescription and is best expressed as an ICD-9 code, a code that stands for your condition and understood by insurance companies when processing your auto/car insurance or workers compensation claim.

The written order or prescription must give a frequency and duration; in other words; say how often massage therapy treatment should occur and how long the regimen should last.

All the paperwork must be filled out prior to receiving medical massage therapy. Your auto/car insurance company will pay Holistic Massage & Wellness Clinics directly.

Come in and fill out our new patient intake forms. These give us the information we need about your insurance, the relevant account, and case numbers.

For questions about how to get insurance paid medical massage please call our customer care number at (954) 491-0118 or send an email to customercare@hmwcinc.com

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