HE massage covered by Insurance?

[Mac9th]

I’m 99% sure there are very few people who have successfully pulled this off with regularity. However, it never hurts to ask. With the advent of Medical Insurance’s covering massage therapy, has anyone had success with getting a HE with the therapeutic massage. I had a masseuse at a Chiropractor office hit me up for adding massage 15 years ago, but my insurance didn’t cover it at the time.

If you were successful, was there an add on or just the masseuse trying to keep a return customer? PM if you don’t want to reply. I would be intrigued if there were any mainstream therapeutic masseuses that take medical coverage plus provide a little more with or without a tip.

 

[onemangang]

My friend owns a physical therapy facility, and I asked him about insurance covering massages. Insurance only covers massage as part of a full rehab routine. You can get one if you are doing all the exercises prescribed; you cannot just schedule a massage.

 

[roy1074]

Depends on your insurance. Covered services, no pun intended, are generally provided at Physical therapy type and facility. I know of no AMP’s that take blue Cross! We looked into it. The Medical insurance business is a racket, and they’ll want to negotiate a lower rate for their patients, as well as expect the patient to pay the higher co-pay for a specialist. No one tips a medical professional (except the Dr who slips you a double scrip for Oxy) so it sounds like a losing proposition for the massage studio.

 

[Koujiao]

File a claim code for getting a muscle pulled treatment, maybe they will think you have dyslexia.

 

[roy1074]

File a claim code for getting a muscle pulled treatment, maybe they will think you have dyslexia.

I like the “pulling” idea! Maybe it will fly!

 

[ATL Guy]

File a claim code for getting a muscle pulled treatment, maybe they will think you have dyslexia.

Pulling my love muscle.

 

[Koujiao]

The manly muscle!

 

[findinit]

Canada has exactly this. Insurance reimburses people for therapeutic massages, which in general could go a long way towards helping people be happier and healthier. That opens up a niche market for a spectrum of trained massage providers ranging from FBSM type sessions to fully therapeutic with HE. You can read what posters say on Canadian massage and hobby boards, or you can read ads on Kijjiji (Quebec's version of Craigslist or Backpage) and look for providers that mention it. We can only dream about something like that here in the USA, which is yet another way that our dysfunctional health care system kicks us in the nuts.

 

[lvwsp]

or you can go for the route like what went on in that movie "The Sessions" I know someone who claimed that worked...