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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 396790" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Getting a therapist approved by insurance that isnt on their list of approved providers is like nailing jello to a wall. </p><p></p><p>I have been seeing my therapist for years now but due to the fact that I have Medicare/Medicaid, I cant see her anymore. Problem is she is a LPC. If she was a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), all would be fine and dandy. Medicare approves Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)'s for therapy but they dont approve any other "initials". Now Medicaid does approve LPC's but because Medicare is my primary insurance, I have to go by what they approve. </p><p></p><p>I have begged Medicare to approve my therapist because there is a loophole in their wording that says "or other qualified professional" but I cant get anyone to manage to figure out how to do this billing...be it on the side of Medicare or this agency...dont know which. A LPC has just as much education as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), they just take a slightly different path. In fact, my therapist is actually a Masters degree LPC and some Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)'s arent. Gotta love the system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 396790, member: 1514"] Getting a therapist approved by insurance that isnt on their list of approved providers is like nailing jello to a wall. I have been seeing my therapist for years now but due to the fact that I have Medicare/Medicaid, I cant see her anymore. Problem is she is a LPC. If she was a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), all would be fine and dandy. Medicare approves Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)'s for therapy but they dont approve any other "initials". Now Medicaid does approve LPC's but because Medicare is my primary insurance, I have to go by what they approve. I have begged Medicare to approve my therapist because there is a loophole in their wording that says "or other qualified professional" but I cant get anyone to manage to figure out how to do this billing...be it on the side of Medicare or this agency...dont know which. A LPC has just as much education as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), they just take a slightly different path. In fact, my therapist is actually a Masters degree LPC and some Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)'s arent. Gotta love the system. [/QUOTE]
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