INSURANCE
Valley Rehabilitation
currently accepts the following insurance:
- Medicare
- First Priority
- Highmark
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- Medical Assistance (birth through 21
years of age)
- Geisinger Health Plan
- Aetna US Healthcare
- Amerihealth
- Tricare
- Humana
- Teamsters
- Health America / Health Assurance
- Gateway
- Keystone Health Plan Central / Senior
Blue
- Various types of Worker's Compensation
- Auto Insurance
All insurance policies are
different. Based upon how your policy is written, you may be
responsible to pay a co-payment and/or deductible out of pocket.
These amounts are set and controlled by the insurance companies, not
health care providers. If you have questions about your
insurance prior to beginning therapy, please call or visit our
office so we may verify the details of your policy before your first
appointment.
PA DIRECT ACCESS
Until July 2004,
Pennsylvania law mandated that all care administered by a physical
therapist be prescribed by a physician. The new Direct Access
Law has changed this, and now some physical therapists in
Pennsylvania are qualified to provide care without a physician's
prescription. Under this new law, clients may be treated by a
Direct Access Licensed physical therapist for 30 calendar days
without a physician's order. After 30 calendar days, the client
must be seen by a physician and obtain a prescription for continued
physical therapy if necessary.
In order to provide care
without a physician's order, physical therapists must meet certain
education and experience requirements. These requirements include
participating in at least 20 hours of specialized continuing
education every two years. Valley Rehabilitation's Susan Andrews
is licensed as a Direct Access physical therapist.
Although Direct Access is now legal in Pennsylvania, not all
insurance companies will honor or pay for Direct Access claims. The
following insurance companies will pay for Direct Access physical
therapy:
- Health America / Health Assurance
- Highmark
- Capital Blue Cross
- CIGNA PPO
- Aetna
- State Farm Auto
- Various Workers Comp Carriers
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