Guest guest Posted August 22, 2000 Report Share Posted August 22, 2000 OK, Here we go!!! I thought I was set. I went to see a Dr. in Shreveport, LA (4 hour drive 1-way - we live in Baton Rouge, LA)he wrote a prescription for my son (now 9 months old) to get the DOC Band. (My ped. Did a referral for me but he was VERY reluctant!) Then we went to Dallas to get the measurements (only b/c my ins. requires it!!!) I have an appointment next Monday to be casted in Houston (closest for us) and now I'm just finding out that the specialist I saw in Shreveport is not an Aetna provider and I think I have to have an Aetna provider prescribe the DOC Band. I can go to another Dr. in Houston for a script. but that will push us back and I feel like I'm running out of time!!! Has anyone else had success with Aetna? Was the prescribing Dr. an Aetna provider? Any help is greatly appreciated!!! C. Hall, CPA Senior Internal Auditor Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center 5000 Hennessy Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70808 telephone (225) 765-8845 fax (225) 765-1096 e-mail: tcumming@... -----Original Message----- From: Johanna Jurisch [sMTP:johannaj@...] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 9:40 AM plagiocephalyegroups Subject: tricare needs to rethink what they pay for To all of you who are fighting Tricare. I am about to start the battle with tricare as well and from reading the emails some of you have sent out on tricare I see that they do not want to pay for the band. I have a 14 month old daughter who needs the band. We are military. We are waiting for her doctor to right the referral so we can go to Tricare and start the approval process. I have recently found out that Tricare will pay for tummy tucks but they don't want to pay for the band. Is it me or is that wrong. Tummy tucks are cosmetic. If they will pay for tummy tucks why won't they pay for the band. I have also found out there is a long waiting list to have this surgery done because so many people want to have it done. Has any one who is dealing with Tricare gone through the steps of getting the referal from the doctor before going to get the band process started? How have many of you started the process with Tricare? You can contact me directly at my email address or just reply to the whole group as I check my email at least once a day if not more. My email is johannaj@... sincerely johanna __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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