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lyla92
lyla92 Member Posts: 13
edited October 2014 in Lymphedema

Hello all,

I have been going to my lymphedema therapist who is a LANA certified massage therapist every other week for over 2 years now. I just pay this out of pocket and have worked it into my budget. I am having a major flare up right now and I know going more often for a bit would be extremely helpful. What I usually do when I have a flare up is have my oncologist refer me to their PT and then the stretch of frequent visits is covered. I was just wondering if anyone has had success getting visits to someone who isn't a physical therapist/occupational therapist covered.  

Thanks for any feedback or insight you might have. 

Lisa

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited October 2014


    It will depend on your insurance.  With mine, massage therapy is covered just like PT or OT as long as I have a doctor's RX for it.  The diagnosis needs to be on it. My insurance limits me to a certain number of visits per calendar year, so you might want to check on that too.   You might have to pay a copay or 20% of the visit or something.  But getting insurance to pay for some or all--- priceless!!!

     

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