1. What is Julie’s approach to care?

Julie uses movement and fitness as medicine. Her collaborative and consultative approach has always been education and movement (brain and body) based care that you can independently integrate into your daily life and fitness.  Her hands-off, external, and functional interventions lend themselves beautifully to remote consultation. The focus of the therapeutic program is to integrate central control, pelvic floor, and movement strategies into your function, movements, and current fitness. Self-care, independence, and application of the strategies into your fitness of choice without aches and pains, pelvic/abdominal health considerations, pregnancy/postpartum concerns, or return to fitness barriers is the ultimate goal of the program. 

2. Does my private health insurance cover sessions with Julie?

Julie Wiebe is a licensed Physical Therapist in California and Michigan. However, please be aware that Julie is not an in-network provider for  any insurance carrier. Her services can be submitted for  reimbursement as an out-of-network physical therapy  provider. Your percentage of reimbursement is dependent  on your policy . Please check with your health insurance  carrier to determine the details of your coverage for  telehealth physical therapy with an out-of-network provider  before starting treatment. 

Payment is required at the time of service. Julie will  provide an invoice (superbill) at the end of each session that you can submit to your insurance or medical savings plan to seek out-of-network reimbursement. Some insurance carriers have a cap on how many dollars they will reimburse or sessions they will allow. You are  responsible for understanding your telehealth coverage for  out-of-network providers. Please discuss with Julie if there  are changes in your benefits status, or if you do not have a  private benefit carrier. A sliding payment scale is available.

***Julie can only provide clinical services (rehab) to California residents (anywhere) or Michigan residents (only available if Julie and the patient are both in Michigan)*** Other services are available if you are not a CA, MI or US resident-see FAQ #10.

***Julie is not a certified Medicare or Medicaid provider.  The law is very clear. Non-Medicare certified physical therapists may not see Medicare or Medicaid patients.***

3. Do I need a prescription?

Please note that patients can seek the care and services of a California licensed Physical Therapist without a prescription (Direct Access). You may continue to receive direct physical therapy treatment services (in-person or via telehealth) for a period of up to 45 calendar days or 12 visits, whichever occurs first. After which time a physical therapist may continue providing you with physical therapy treatment services only after receiving a prescription from a licensed provider (MD, NP, DO, Podiatrist). 

Julie Wiebe, PT, DPT utilizes a collaborative and consultative approach, seeking to integrate rehabilitative and adaptive concepts into your current function, movements, and fitness as an essential part of your treatment. This allows us to extend time between visits and optimizes outcomes. Visits tend to occur weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Thus, we often exceed the 45-day calendar limit ( versus 12-visit limit). We have found that to avoid interruptions in the process, obtaining a prescription prior to starting care is best (but not required).  Please consider having your medical provider fax us a prescription for physical therapy prior to our first meeting at (818) 332-4939.

4. What do I need to do to prepare for my evaluation?

In order to optimize our time together, we use shared photographs and videos prior to your initial assessment to provide a robust understanding of your fitness and movement.  In addition, we can use shared photos and videos to monitor your progress, and explore new movement challenges. 

Once we have received your intake forms, we will send you a link to a Google Folder that will provide you with a welcome video from Julie Wiebe, PT, DPT with some general instructions and information on what to expect in our visit, a video example of the pictures and videos you need to take with your smart phone, and an intake checklist. You are also encouraged to share videos of participation in your fitness of choice, this allows Julie to “see” you in action in the actual environment where you enjoy your physical activity and sport.

We will also send you a personalized link to a HIPAA compliant Google Folder link. This private, protected folder will be where you can upload the intake pictures and videos (and additional video specific to your sport or challenges). Only you, Julie Wiebe and her administrative team will have access to the folder. In addition, this will be an ongoing way to exchange information, home program, updates, photos, and videos with Julie. Please upload the pictures and videos to this private folder at least 48-hours prior to your visit. This will allow Julie to look over the videos and your other intake information to prepare to discuss them at the visit. 

Please wear exercise clothing, shorts, or jog bras to help Julie  see as much as possible at the initial visit. In addition, if you have long hair please pull it  into a ponytail or bun. Evaluation visits last 75-90 min, unless an extended evaluation is pre-scheduled.

5. What can I expect from my evaluation session?

This will be your opportunity to share your story and help fill in the rest of the picture painted by the information and videos you provided pre-visit. Through collaborative conversation, we will connect the dots from your story and the clues in your physical assessment with the issues you are experiencing. We will begin to build a plan that will include rebuilding central control, targeted exercises, movement and fitness strategies that you can implement immediately. Please wear exercise gear or loose fitting clothing, and bring a clip or hair tie for long hair.

6. What can I expect from my follow-up sessions?

Follow-ups are scheduled weekly, bi-weekly or monthly  depending on how well you are progressing through the program, how much practice you need, and how soon you  will be ready for an exercise progression. Each session  builds on the information and exercises learned at the  previous session. We will monitor and modify the program  as we integrate new strategies into meaningful function,  movement, and fitness. You will be given homework at  each session for you to work on until your next session.  Self-care, independence, and application of the strategies into the patient’s fitness of choice without aches and pains, pelvic/abdominal health considerations, pregnancy/postpartum concerns, or return to fitness barriers is the ultimate goal of the program. Follow-up  appointments last 1-hour, unless an extended session is  pre-scheduled.

7. How long is each session?

Evaluation and follow-up sessions are usually scheduled  for 75-90 min, and 60 min respectively. If there are  significant physical issues and complications an extended  2-hour sessions may also be recommended.

8.  How frequently will I attend sessions and for how long?

Treatments are usually scheduled at weekly, bi-weekly, or  monthly intervals. Each session builds on the previous  session. How quickly you progress through the program  depends on multiple factors, including your ability to pursue the homework on your own. 

How long you will require care will be an ongoing  conversation between you and Julie. Factors to be  considered are the severity of your issues, your ability to integrate the strategies, and how well you can  incorporate the information into your body. With good communication, collaboration, compliance, and consistency with follow-ups and understanding  of the materials most women require about 4-8 sessions,  spread over 2-6 months.

9. What forms of payment do you accept?

Payment is due at the end of each session. This can be  accomplished electronically through our electronic medical record keeping portal (Jane). Julie Wiebe, PT is not an in-network  provider for any insurance carrier, and does not provide  direct billing to insurance carriers. You will be provided an  invoice (superbill) at the end of each session that you may  file with your insurance or medical savings plan for  reimbursement. You are responsible for understanding your  benefits for telehealth with an out-of-network provider. 

10. Can you provide help to folks outside of California or outside the US?

We are now offering Performance Health Consults that are available online globally. Depending on what you are seeking help for, a performance health consult may be more suited to your needs and accessible to you if you live outside of California. Find out more about this option HERE.

We have additional self-guided resources HERE to support those who cannot see Julie clinically or for a performance health consult.