LET'S MOVE MOUNTAINS
Do you accept insurance?
In Network with all Blue Cross Blue Shield plans (i.e. Anthem, CareFirst) and will bill them directly for services rendered
Out of Network with all other insurance carriers but will bill Aetna directly through out of network benefits
MEDICAID is not accepted: regardless of the carrier
Private Pay Rate: $115/hour with super bill provided for reimbursement in accordance with your out of network benefits. Not a guarantee of coverage or payment
What age ranges do you treat?
Birth-21
No height/weight restrictions, we modify our sessions to what is most appropriate, to allow everyone access to intensives
What diagnoses do you treat?
Common Diagnoses
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Cerebral Palsy
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Down's Syndrome
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Spina Bifida
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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Rare Genetic Disorders
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Hypotonia
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Ataxia
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Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
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Cerebral Visual Impairment
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Amplified Muscular Pain Syndrome
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Functional Neurological Disorder
What is an intensive?
An intensive is when you would come in for therapy (either PT, OT, or both PT and OT) for 5 days a week for 1-3 weeks at a time. For children with neurological diagnoses: generally the mass practice of skills in an intensive environment brings more progress than a weekly therapy structure. You can generally see progress in an intensive equivalent to 6 months of weekly sessions.
How do I book an intensive?
All intensive sign ups are performed via an email list. A large email blast that will announce the registration week sign up date. In the beginning of that week I will then send an email with options for dates and times for sessions. There will be a form within the body of the registration email to fill out in order to sign up for an intensive. Once I have all responses, I will begin to schedule based on the responses and level of interest in terms of frequency from each family. If you are interested in being on my email blast, please reach out to me and I will add you to the list. Dana@northernvacme.com
Registration is completed via email at this time. We schedule all intensives in advance. Scheduling email will be sent out in the fall for dates January-June and then a separate email will be sent in the spring for dates July-December.
We continue to accept interest outside of these times on a waitlist basis, feel free to reach out at any time.
Does insurance cover intensives?
For Blue Cross Blue Shield in network families. Insurance will cover 2 hours total of therapy a day. Can be 2 hours of PT, 2 hours of OT, or a combination of 1 hour PT/1 hour OT
For all other insurance companies, in my experience they will only cover 1 hour of PT and 1 hour of OT a day. If you come for 2 hours of PT, only one of those hours is typically reimbursable through insurance.
We are not in network with Medicaid. Thus Medicaid does not cover or reimburse our services. Medicaid is a program that typically will only reimburse providers that hold a contract with them.
Are you hiring?
Actively looking for a pediatric speech language pathologist that would like to join the team. Please send any resumes for dana@northernvacme.com
Any other discipline: feel free to reach out with your resume