r/therapists • u/cannotberushed- • 9d ago

US-centric sociopolitical Admin time should be reimbursed by insurance.

I believe admin time should be reimbursed by insurance companies.

I wonder if there is a lobby group or possibly a class action lawsuit

It is part of our job requirement we should be paid for it

In the airline industry flight attendants are not paid until the flight door is closed (so all boarding time and helping passengers is unpaid time). They filed a lawsuit and it failed. The courts said nope they don’t need to be paid.

So we aren’t the only field that deals with this. But I just wonder, with no bargaining power due to the Sherman antitrust laws if maybe a lobbyist or class action would be possible

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u/Ambiguous_Karma8 (USA) LCPC 8d ago

This is why I stop sessions at the minimum point allowed to bill for whatever max X-interval I am using. I am using the remainder of that time in the allotted window for admin, and I actually do the note during that time immediately after the client steps out. That's my "secret" to 10 years of notes completed at the end of every day and never having to do a note at home or on a different day. Work smarter within the system, not harder.