Guest guest Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Has anyone had experience getting a special needs car seat through insurance? Aden has outgrown his with the 5 point harness but isn't ready for a booster with a regular seat belt. I've tried 2 providers for mobility equipment and they both told me that I would have to get him a wheel chair and strap it into a van. I looked online and found some seats that would work in my car, but the cost is prohibitive. The insurance company said a car seat is on the list of durable med equip they cover, but they require a pre-approval. Any suggestions on how to work this out? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 maybe have your specialist help word rx, insrances can be picky, possibly OT? http://sewshawna.blogspot.com ________________________________ To: Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 8:26:45 PM Subject: Re: Car seat : Have your doctor write out a script and a letter of medical necessity for the seat...Insurance will then pay for it. Be very specific as to what type of seat you are looking for. Liz On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Concerned Parent wrote: > > > Has anyone had experience getting a special needs car seat through > insurance? > Aden has outgrown his with the 5 point harness but isn't ready for a > booster > with a regular seat belt. I've tried 2 providers for mobility equipment and > they > both told me that I would have to get him a wheel chair and strap it into a > van. > I looked online and found some seats that would work in my car, but the > cost is > prohibitive. The insurance company said a car seat is on the list of > durable med > equip they cover, but they require a pre-approval. Any suggestions on how > to > work this out? > > Thanks, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 pre-approval normally means that you need a dr to adovcate. do you have a developmental pediatrician. I had called easter seals and would a vender for a shest harness for hte regular seat belt. The kind the school bus uses. I don't have the info anymore because as soon as I found it my son stopped messing with the shoulder strap. > > Has anyone had experience getting a special needs car seat through insurance? > Aden has outgrown his with the 5 point harness but isn't ready for a booster > with a regular seat belt. I've tried 2 providers for mobility equipment and they > both told me that I would have to get him a wheel chair and strap it into a van. > I looked online and found some seats that would work in my car, but the cost is > prohibitive. The insurance company said a car seat is on the list of durable med > equip they cover, but they require a pre-approval. Any suggestions on how to > work this out? > > Thanks, > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 They are made by EZ-On Safety. 5-pt Harnesses..and are great! Liz > > > pre-approval normally means that you need a dr to adovcate. do you have a > developmental pediatrician. > > I had called easter seals and would a vender for a shest harness for hte > regular seat belt. The kind the school bus uses. I don't have the info > anymore because as soon as I found it my son stopped messing with the > shoulder strap. > > > > > > > > Has anyone had experience getting a special needs car seat through > insurance? > > Aden has outgrown his with the 5 point harness but isn't ready for a > booster > > with a regular seat belt. I've tried 2 providers for mobility equipment > and they > > both told me that I would have to get him a wheel chair and strap it into > a van. > > I looked online and found some seats that would work in my car, but the > cost is > > prohibitive. The insurance company said a car seat is on the list of > durable med > > equip they cover, but they require a pre-approval. Any suggestions on how > to > > work this out? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Thanks for all the info. At this point Aden doesn't have any PT or OT because we have been wait listed (a whole other issue). Our pediatrician has written the insurance and we are waiting for a response. It's just really frustrating to not be able to go anywhere safely with Aden. grrrr. But fingers crossed it will be approved if I'm patient. Thanks, ________________________________ To: Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 5:20:06 AM Subject: Re: Car seat  maybe have your specialist help word rx, insrances can be picky, possibly OT?    http://sewshawna.blogspot.com ________________________________ To: Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 8:26:45 PM Subject: Re: Car seat : Have your doctor write out a script and a letter of medical necessity for the seat...Insurance will then pay for it. Be very specific as to what type of seat you are looking for. Liz On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Concerned Parent wrote: > > > Has anyone had experience getting a special needs car seat through > insurance? > Aden has outgrown his with the 5 point harness but isn't ready for a > booster > with a regular seat belt. I've tried 2 providers for mobility equipment and > they > both told me that I would have to get him a wheel chair and strap it into a > van. > I looked online and found some seats that would work in my car, but the > cost is > prohibitive. The insurance company said a car seat is on the list of > durable med > equip they cover, but they require a pre-approval. Any suggestions on how > to > work this out? > > Thanks, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 The 5 point harness is great, our even came with a booster seat. A lot cheaper than a car seat, not hard to move from car to car. We just stopped using it for my son last year at age 12. I highly recommend it, as well. I think it was less than $200, and medicaid paid for it. Need a letter of necessity from the doc and possibly a PT. Good luck! Joni Nick, 13! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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