FAQs - Direct Physical Therapy Care

No, Move For Health Physical Therapy does not take health insurance.  Darcy provides Direct Physical Therapy care as a fee for service provider.  He is not “in-network” with any private or governmental health insurance plan,

Move For Health Physical Therapy will not bill any insurance carrier for services provided. We can, upon request, provide you with a receipt/ statement which you may submit to your private insurance company or health savings account for reimbursement directly to you based on their rates.

Your one-hour direct care sessions at Move for Health Physical Therapy are more intensive, customized and holistic as compared to insurance-based care.  This means that you will need fewer physical therapy visits to achieve your goals as compared to insurance-based physical therapy services.  With Move For Health Physical Therapy your follow-up visits will be less frequent (eg. once/week, once/month and annual check-ups) with focus on keeping your healthy and independent with your health and recovery.

Other factors that may influence your cost of physical therapy care include any out-of-network coverage you might have, along with your insurance coverage co-pay and deductible requirements.  Insurance-based physical therapy typically requires an increased number of physical therapy visits each week and for a longer time period as compared to the exceptional care and lower  number of physical therapy visits you will need at Move for Health Physical Therapy.

Move For Health Physical Therapy provides discounts for Plan of Care packages, Friends & Family and for Seniors.  Patients are able to pay with cash, checks, major credit cards, Venmo, Paypal as well as FSA and HSA accounts.

Darcy will evaluate and treat you with or without a physician referral.  The research is clear that starting with Physical Therapy first decreases your overall cost of rehabilitation (including office visit, treatment and diagnositic costs) for pain and orthopedic problems. Whether your get a referral or not, Darcy will coordinate your physical therapy care with your primary care, internal medicine, orthopedic, pain management and/or neurologic physician(s) as needed.

In addition, as a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Darcy is licensed under the board of medicine in Virginia to evaluate and treat patients through direct physical therapy care. He has additional direct access certification, continuing education and practice experience to support his holistic, whole body movement approach to your care.

Darcy will listen to understand your personal needs in order to develop a proactive and preventative plan to help you achieve your goals.  It's never too late to start, and there's always something we can do to empower you on your personal journey of body awareness, balance, strength, mobility and function so that you can live your best life.

You'll learn a lot about your body, how it works and how best to take care of it.  So that you can move well without pain. Move for Health Physical Therapy's Direct (out-of-network) model allows me to provide you with the best possible physical therapy care - without restrictions imposed by insurance carriers. Your care will require fewer physical therapy visits over a shorter timeframe to achieve your goals.  

Annual check-ups are recommended to provide you with a baseline for mobility, balance and strength.  That way we can monitor any changes over time and provide proactive and preventative intervention to keep you functioning at the highest possible level - now and for the future.

After determining the root cause of your pain and movement issues, Darcy will provide hands-on manual therapy, instruction for exercise and functional activities, core stability and balance training that is customized for you.

Treatment may include trigger point dry needling or other modalities as needed to manage symptoms.  You will always have "homework" between treatment sessions that is designed to empower you with the tips, tools and strategies you will need to achieve your functional recovery goals.