OMM insurance reimbursements (medicare, medicaid, medi-CAL)

[medstudent3563]

Hi,

I know FM provides ample oppurtunity to do OMM, I was just wondering how reimbursements for OMM work, specifically in California. How does medicaid or medicare reimburse for OMM (or do the programs re-imburse at all for OMM)? Can a doctor charge extra for OMM treatment under those programs?

And how about Medi-cal (the California insurance program, since I'm interested in doing FM in California)?

Just wondering, thanks.

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[raptor5]

Finding the specific PDF file for CA Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement is a trick to find online. I have one for a particular region of TX. Anyway there are 5 codes specifically for Osteopathic manipulation. Each with a different fee schedule ranging from ~$19-$44. Then there is a code for spinal manipulation ~$94 and hip manipulation ~$120. The last two are listed under surgery, odd.

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[ragda26]

Hi,

I know FM provides ample oppurtunity to do OMM, I was just wondering how reimbursements for OMM work, specifically in California. How does medicaid or medicare reimburse for OMM (or do the programs re-imburse at all for OMM)? Can a doctor charge extra for OMM treatment under those programs?

And how about Medi-cal (the California insurance program, since I'm interested in doing FM in California)?

Just wondering, thanks.

Hey

I will be making a post on the reimbursements for each state by the end of this week, nice question though