Kelly AlhooiePelviBiz, Pelvibiz · Healthcare Business Strategy Assistant

She stopped being an employee and became the boss #pelvibiz #success

12 Jun 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief interview, Kelly Alhooie discusses the legal considerations of offering Medicare wellness services to patients aged 65 and older. After receiving a call from Medicare about a potential audit, the clinic hired Gwen—a professional who is both a physical therapist and a lawyer—to ensure full compliance. Gwen reviewed past cases and provided exact consent‑form language that aligns with Medicare regulations. Kelly shares this wording with the audience, noting that providers can modify it (e.g., removing references to dry needling) while still remaining compliant. The conversation emphasizes proactive legal review, the importance of clear consent documentation, and practical steps for other clinics to avoid audit issues.

So first question, for like Medicare wellness, like 65 and older. Yep. I was seeing that population at Bloom and we called it wellness. So like legality of that, you know, when I was like ChatGPTing, I mean, like, I, I just, I was not going to do it at first just because I wasn't sure. So.
Okay, so let me tell you about that. So we hired a lawyer, physical therapist, and she is also a lawyer. Okay, which is great. So everyone kind of hires her to handle the Medicare stuff. We hired her because we specifically had someone call our clinic saying, hi, I'm from Medicare, I'm doing an audit and this seems like a Medicare fraud. So we went through the whole process, we hired her. There is no one that really would call that. It was like an advocate of like, it was weird, the whole situation anyways. Nothing ever came of it, but we hired Gwen to really make sure that we were like 100% in alliance, right? So I will tell you what she said so that way you don't have to pay her. Basically what she said is she looked at past cases and in our consent forms that you have access to, we have put the exact wording that she gave us that you need. Okay, so look at those consent forms. And you can look at it and be like, oh, I don't do dry needling, so let me take that out or whatever it is. But like, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. The part that's in Medicare we've got from her. Okay.
Okay.