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What has to happen to get insurance companies to recognize massage therapy as a medical treatment?
My husband has had many treatments (that don't help and are very costly ) for his back injury for over a year now. The only relief he gets is from massage therapy, which costs $35.00/ 1/2hr. This is a cost we pay out of our pocket-twice, sometimes three times a week.
I mean legislatively anyway. We live in Michigan
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I wish insurance would get up to date with this already, because it's taking too long for it to happen. Some insurance companies cover it, but if you call and ask them they will tell you they don't. I went through this with my current insurance. Then I called a Chiropractor's office that does massage and they called my insurance and found out that the insurance will pay for the specific billing code that is used for massage. I have muscle problems that is relieved if I go for a 1 hour massage a week. But since they told me they didn't cover it previously, I was going for physical therapy 3 times a week, with my insurance paying $240 for each visit. And once a week at therapy, they do a 10 minute massage and bill the insurance and extra $120. It makes no sense to me why the insurance would rather pay this amount for physical therapy instead of $60 for an hour massage. They may figure it out someday how much money it can save them. You should check if your insurance covers any Chiropractic costs. If so, you can find an office that does massage and have them check with the insurance to see if they cover it. Sorry about the long answer, but hopefully you can get some kind of help from your insurance with this.
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