PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvania State Task Force

pastate.task.force@gmail.com

Members

Nicole Hahna, Ph.D., MT-BC
Co-Chair, PA Task Force
Slippery Rock University
nicolehahna@gmail.com

Melanie Walborn, MT-BC
Co-Chair, PA Task Force
WB Music Therapy, LLC
mawbmt@gmail.com

Anita Gadberry, Ph.D., MT-BC
Marywood University
agadberry@marywood.edu

Paul Nolan, M.C.A.T., LPC, MT-BC
Drexel University
pn24@drexel.edu

Kimberly Studebaker, MA, LPC, MT-BC
Resonate Music and Mindfulness
kimstudebaker@gmail.com

Student Member

Sarah Radzieski, Elizabethtown College

MARAMTS Government Relations Representative

Melinda Korte

Reimbursement

Some counties in Pennsylvania recognize the MT-BC for reimbursements.

Department of Public Welfare

The PA Department of Public Welfare identifies music therapy as a covered service under the service type 17- Therapist

How to enroll as a provider with the PA Department of Public Welfare
http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/provider/promise/enrollmentinformation/index.htm

Managed care organizations

Behavioral health managed care organizations cover music therapy across some regions of PA.

To contact the BH-MCO in your county, visit:
http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/foradults/healthcaremedicalassistance/accessplus/index.htm or http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/foradults/healthcaremedicalassistance/healthchoicesgeneralinformation/index.htm

Community Behavioral Health Network Program (CBHNP) covers individual music therapy under the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code G0176 to members of the AmeriHealth Mercy Capital Area Region (Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, Perry, Cumberland).  Covered members are between the ages 3-21.

How to enroll as a provider for the CBHNP

Licensed professional counselors

Fact sheet for music therapists who are Licensed Practicioning Counselors in PA

List of qualified supervisors

Please contact the webmaster@mar-amta.org to be added to the list.

PCA Supervision Registry Flyer

Pa cmte opportunities

to list a CMTE, please email webmaster@mar-amta.org

Advocacy & social networking in pa

Locate PA legislators

Find us on Facebook!

Search for and request to join the groups Pennsylvania Music Therapists, The Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy Association, Music Therapy Business Owners Network, and/or Reimbursement Support for MT’s

CBMT & Advocacy

AMTA Policy & Advocacy

Scheduled advocacy days - Summer 2013, Harrisburg, PA

For a downloadable PA music therapy brochure, please contact the PASTF at pastate.task.force@gmail.com

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