Re: New Jersey Area - Aetna Insurance Coverage

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Is this the link to the page you are talking about? I'm going to add

this link to the LINKS section, INSURANCE folder. I thought I'd seen

it somewhere before, but I'm going to add it to the insurance folder

just to be sure.

Thank you for posting the criteria info!

Aetna Clinical Policy Bulletin #0379: Cranial Remolding Band/Helmet

Aetna considers the use of a cranial remodeling band as durable

medical equipment medically necessary for moderate to severe

positional head deformities associated with premature birth,

restrictive intrauterine positioning, cervical abnormalities, birth

trauma, torticollis (shortening of the sternocleidomastoid muscle) and

sleeping positions in children after 4 months and before 18 months of

age when the following conditions are met...

http://www.aetna.com/cpb/data/CPBA0379.html

Christie

> > > Hi...I am new to this board and I am glad to have found this

> board.

> > >

> > > I have 7 month-old twin boys and one of them, has plagio.

> > We

> > > went to Cranial Tech for an evaluation and I just wanted to know

> > if

> > > someone out there has gone there and if they can recommend a

> good

> > > orthotist. We were seen by Charlotte..she seemed nice but I am

> at

> > > this stage where being nice is not the only factor I am looking

> > > for. I have read many messages from this board and know that a

> > good

> > > orthotist is key to an almost successful treatment.

> > >

> > > For a while I was worried that it might be too late for banding

> > but

> > > Charlotte said that it isn't. Like many parents out there, I

> have

> > > also trusted my pedia who said that eventually it would improve

> > and

> > > to wait up to 1 yr. Ironically, the pedia was the one who showed

> > me

> > > the brochure from Cranial Tech 3 months ago. Luckily, I found

> this

> > > board and knew that I have to act soon.

> >

> >

> >

> > For more plagio info