Medicare for medically necessary Massage

• December 16, 2018
• MaryAnne Palumbo
• Blog item, Healing, Massage, Pain
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Contact your insurance company to see if you have coverage and how many sessions. Only a few Medicare programs are covering medically necessary massage.

Check your co-pay or deductible requirements. There are a limited number of massage providers.

If you have the coverage, here are the steps before an appointment may be set at Calm Relief.

1. Ask a medical professional for a prescription. If they have ever billed insurance for their services, they qualify to write the prescription.
2. Review the prescription. It must have all the information on the above sample. If there’s missing information, this will take extra ti
3. Send a copy of the fully completed prescription plus the front and back of your Medicare insurance ID card to Calm Relief Call 407-756-4947 for the fax or email address.
4. After Calm relief has the copy of your insurance card and the perfect prescription, Calm Relief will contact the verification department of your insurance company, then make an appointment.