Insurance coverage--now stopped- Need to Vent

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Since 1997 each insurance carrier one by one has gradually stopped

reimbursing neurofeedback. I was just informed by Aetna last

week, this is the last of all the insurances that were paying ,

that they will no longer cover neurofeedback, because they said

that neurofeedback was experimental. Many years ago, I spoke

at Future Health about marketing neurofeedback about how the

establishment is not aware that most of our equipment is FDA approved and

all the medical trials.

Recently a person question about Neurofeedback and if it is so good why

don't people know about it and why isn't covered by insurance.

Here is my reply.

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To answer your question, it is poor marketing.

Period. The Pharmacial Companies have money. I know

personally because I have two patients who work for two major ones and I

know the training, marketing, visits, etc., etc., that they do to

get to hospitals, doctors, and the general populace to know their

products. Prior to my becoming a neuropsychologist and board

certified health psychologist, I was a cost accounting and also taught

marketing at several colleges.

Five years ago, I gave a speech at Future Health on the Marketing of

Neurofeedback. At that time Blue Cross/ Blue Shield and most

of the major health insurance was covering neurofeedback. As of

yesterday, Aetna was the last to cover it now says it is experimental and

will NOT cover Neurofeedback Yet, many of the equipment we

use in Neurofeedback is FDA approved medical devices and there are lots

of clinical trials.

I personally will address this as my cause after I finish my 2nd Edition

of my book on Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, which

Neurofeedback is a major focus of helping myself to recover and all of my

patients in the last 19 years.

I joke, I'm not just a practitioner, I'm also a client with a stroke and

4 traumatic brain injury. I know Neurofeedback works.

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I would hope that those of you who make the equipment, which is FDA

approved and know of the clinical trials would write to the insurance

companies. It is not fair that people who need to use this

type of equipment and can't pay fee for service, are going to be deprived

of treatment.

Thank you for letting me vent.

Diane

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