Reimbursement Committee of AMTAJodie Deignan, MA, MT-BC
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The goal of the Reimbursement Committee is to increase access to music therapy services by increasing the percentage of music therapy services receiving reimbursement.  My job in part is to assist members in the New England Region better understand how the reimbursement process works and to support them in the process if needed.
 
Jan 24 2008
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Thursday, 24 de January de 2008

Just a reminder to everyone out there, it may be possible for you to be reimbursed for your music therapy services by third-party health insurance providers. While not a typical or “core” service, some insurance providers will pay for music therapy when medical necessity of music therapy can be shown for an individual client, as well as a few other circumstances. Don’t know how? Well, the reimbursement committee is finalizing a revised Power Point presentation that can be used to teach reimbursement basics to MT students and interns, and we’ll be working to share information from music therapists who have made successful insurance claims through a survey. So please, if you’ve been successful and you get a survey- please answer it. It will help us to help other music therapists! Any reimbursement questions? Please email me at Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra los robots de spam, necesitas tener Javascript activado para poder verla

 
about_jodie.gifI have been the NER representative to the Reimbursement Committee  for the last four years, and have been learning much along the way!  I recently moved to Connecticut from Massachusetts where I am attending graduate school.  I continue to work part-time as a music therapist in private practice, working primarily with children and adults with developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorders.  In my time serving on this committee, I have learned a great deal about the health insurance industry, and have seen that there are music therapists out there who are receiving reimbursement for their valuable service.