I am really curious to find out if anyone else's therapist is double billing them with the new insurance code changes that took effect January 1, 2013?

My therapist is a Nurse Practitioner but she only does therapy for me because I have a psychiatrist who is my prescribing doctor.

According to her, she is required to bill me for both an office visit (therapy) and now also medical services for every single visit, even though she does nothing more than make a note from time to time about my current med dosage. This resulted in me paying her over $400 in January on top of what my insurance company paid her, all for 5 visits of 45 minutes.

My husband and I are stunned and really taken aback by this new development.

She says she says she has to do this because she is a nurse practitioner. Does anyone else have a therapist who is doing this????