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How does UMP cover physical, occupational, speech, and neurodevelopmental therapy?
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UMP covers inpatient and outpatient services to improve or restore function lost due to:

  • An acute illness or injury.
  • Worsening or aggravation of a chronic injury.
  • A congenital anomaly (such as cleft lip or palate).
  • Conditions of developmental delay, including autism.

These services must be part of a formal written treatment plan developed with the provider who diagnosed or manages your condition and prescribed the therapy.

Inpatient services: UMP covers rehabilitation therapy services provided during inpatient hospitalization up to 60 visits per calendar year. These services must be preauthorized by UMP. You must pay the hospital inpatient copayment and your coinsurance for inpatient services. If UMP decides that inpatient care is not medically necessary or that you could receive outpatient treatment with equal effectiveness, UMP will not pay for inpatient therapy services.

Outpatient services: UMP covers outpatient physical, occupational, speech and neurodevelopmental therapy services up to 60 visits per calendar year, counting all types of therapies listed here. See definition of "Limited Benefit."

If you need help coordinating your care, call UMP Case Management at 1-888-759-4855.

For the purposes of this benefit, developmental delay means a significant lag in achieving skills such as:

  • Language (speech, reading, writing).
  • Motor (crawling, walking, feeding oneself).
  • Cognitive (thinking).
  • Social (getting along with others).


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KBID 729
Date Modified 4/15/2009
Date Created 10/4/2007

The Certificate of Coverage (COC) is the source of coverage provisions offered under UMP. If information given here is inconsistent with the UMP COC, the rules in the COC will apply. Also, the COC may have additional information on this subject.

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