Insurance Fraud and Massage Therapy
6 July 2010Insurance claims are about 90% of my Massage business. I never really thought about what might happen if I tried to take advantage of the Insurance companies, because I just could never do it. I have even been told by a client who missed her session to bill the insurance anyway, she didn’t want me loosing out on my time lost. I politely told her I could not do that, and that my schedule worked out somehow, not to worry about it. Clients do try their best to make there appointments. I do have a no call no show (NCNS) policy for frequent offenders, a 30$ fee. I have never implemented it because I have not seen the need as of yet. Most of the time clients just give me a really good tip the next time they come in because they know that I could have gotten someone else in their spot if they would have remembered to call and cancel before 24 hours.
This article shed some light on the consequences of Insurance fraud. I know there are many other practitioners who are tempted to take advantage of Insurance companies. They think they wont get caught. Well I wouldn’t bet on it. Besides what kind of Karma are you setting up for your business as a whole? It is better to keep the Laws and Statues set forth, so your practice my flourish and grow.
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