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 […]
Why is the massage profession so far behind in getting massage recognized as health care?
Massage therapists in WA State have been able to bill health insurance since around 1999. How is it that the other states lag behind in being integrated into healthcare? How is it that WA State massage therapists are so far ahead of all of the other states as far as being involved in Health Care? […]
Issues in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
From the Report of the Clinician Workgroup on the Integration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine January 2000. Washington State Report of the Clinician Workgroup on the Integration of CAM Page 39Factual Chronology Of Legal Events Related to RCW 48.43.045April 1993 The Washington State legislature adopted the “everycategory of provider” mandate as part of the 1993 […]
WA State Massage Insurance Billing
Massage Therapists are licensed as Health Care Providers. (need citation/resource) Every Category Law makes it mandatory that massage therapists be included as providers for health insurance plans. Labor and Industries Become a provider with L&I Health Insurance Apply to become a provider with Health Insurance Use www.providersource.com Most of the lists are closed to new […]
The Future of Massage/Bodywork In Healthcare
I had the pleasure of attending a symposium called The Future of Bodywork: Surviving Corporate Healthcare last night put on by Jack Blackburn and the Trillium Institute in conjunction with Brian Utting and the Pacific Northwest School of Massage and wanted to share my impressions and insights as we move forward in WA State as […]
The Dark Side of Massage Insurance Billing
I know I am always talking about massage insurance billing and how it is one of the things that has allowed me to stay in business now since 1989, but there is the other side of billing insurance: The headaches with insurance companies, healthcare changes, working with doctors/lawyers and things like how clients deal with […]