A Simple Guide to Health Insurance: Join Our Free Educational Webinar
Sign Up Here for our webinar on January 28th at 6pm on Zoom. Health insurance doesn’t come with a user manual—but it should! Our upcoming webinar, Demystifying Insurance: A Guide to Understanding Your Health Insurance, is a free educational event created to help people understand the fundamentals of coverage in a clear, approachable way. You do not need to be a patient at Lakeshore Physical […]
Understanding Health Insurance Now Can Save You Stress Later
Sign Up Here for our webinar on January 28th at 6pm on Zoom. You don’t need to be injured or in physical therapy to benefit from understanding your health insurance. Knowing how deductibles, co-pays, and coverage work can help you make informed decisions when you need any type of medical care, of course including physical therapy in Chicago. At Lakeshore Physical Therapy, our friendly and knowledgeable staff sees how insurance confusion […]
Confused by Health Insurance? This Webinar Explains the Basics
Sign Up Here for our webinar on January 28th at 6pm on Zoom. Health insurance can be confusing! Terms like deductibles, co-pays, and in-network vs out-of-network often stop people from seeking care when they need it. That’s why Lakeshore Physical Therapy is hosting a free webinar: Demystifying Insurance: A Guide to Understanding Your Health Insurance. This session is designed for anyone who wants a clearer understanding […]
Direct Access Explained: A Game-Changer for Physical Therapy in Illinois
Since August 16, 2018, Illinois allows patients to access physical therapy directly, without needing a prescription from another healthcare provider. Benefits of direct access: Stipulations on direct access: References: J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(18), 5832; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12185832 Physical Therapy, Volume 101, Issue 1, January 2021, pzaa201, https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaa201 Health Serv Res. 2018 Dec;53(6):4629-4646. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12984. Epub 2018 […]
Sailing the Seas of Insurance Coverage: Deductibles, Copays and Coinsurance, Ho!
When last we left our intrepid pirate Sue, she had figured out what it meant for a service to be covered by insurance, and she understood what it meant if a provider was in or out of her network. Being a pirate, however, Sue is concerned about the bottom line. What is all this going […]
Sailing the Seas of Insurance Coverage
Since the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, medical insurance has been a hot topic of discussion. Overnight, seemingly, people had to go from having passive knowledge about how insurance works to becoming their own insurance brokers. As our healthcare landscape continues to shift, it’s easy to feel out to sea. So let me introduce […]