by tranquilspirit2006 on Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:18 pm
I have a part of my intake form that addresses this. It says (paraphrasing here) that I do not diagnose or treat diagnosed conditions, I do not accept prescriptions and I do not bill insurance companies. I had someone do almost the exact same thing to me and I reiterated politely that I had told her I did not bill insurance or work off prescriptions, that insurance will not reimburse as I am a CMT (DE has a two-tiered licensing system. I have the training, I just never took a national exam, although I am licensed by the state) and that she signed the intake form indicating she had read and understood this on the intake form she signed. I never heard from her again, which was fine with me.
I had another client years ago, same situation although I had given them a simple receipt as requested (as I would for any client who asked for one, but it simply noted that payment had been received for a one hour combined Swedish/deep tissue massage). I got a call from their insurance company asking for SOAP notes, and I explained the situation to her and told her the client has also been informed of this, at intake and again during a discussion. She understood and that was that.
People who do this bug me.
"Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know."