IHA Insurance Appeal Meeting

[Guest guest]

Hello

I received a letter inviting me to attend a meeting with Independent

Health's (IHA) Clinical Review Committee for my appeal. It is a

panel of medical directors and community physicians. <GULP!> I am

nervous but am so glad that I have all of the great references in the

letters that this group has provided on this site. I'm going to see

if I can find all of the articles, etc. that I referenced in the

letter that I sent (either here or other plagio websites). The nurse

reviewer said that she will make copies for everyone on the committee

if I can send them to her ASAP. The mtg. is on 7/15/04.

Do you think I should ask our neurosurgeon to also write a letter or

do you think I should just take this next step myself and see where

it goes? Originally, he said he would not write a letter of med

necc. & that he believed that the Rx provided medical necc. (my ped

signed one that I printed from here and it didn't help). Later, when

we got our 1st denial from IHA the neuro. did leave me a beautiful

message on my answ.'g machine saying that he supports my efforts and

that he called and spoke w/2 IHA medical directors (they denied it

again and sent me a 2nd denial letter).

Thanks for any thoughts and advice!

Sue and

Colin F. 9mos. (brachy, rt plag)

getting STARband *TODAY* at 3:00pm EST!

Buffalo, NY

[Guest guest]

Good luck Sue, oh I'd be a nervous wreck! I'm soooo bad at those

sorts of things. I'd go ahead & get all the paperwork together you

can for this meeting right now, so yes, I'd ask your neuro to write

up a letter now vs later, wouldn't hurt!

Also, good luck getting the band today! Yikes...let us know how it

goes, it'll be a pc of cake

Debbie

> Hello

>

> I received a letter inviting me to attend a meeting with

Independent

> Health's (IHA) Clinical Review Committee for my appeal. It is a

> panel of medical directors and community physicians. <GULP!> I am

> nervous but am so glad that I have all of the great references in

the

> letters that this group has provided on this site. I'm going to

see

> if I can find all of the articles, etc. that I referenced in the

> letter that I sent (either here or other plagio websites). The

nurse

> reviewer said that she will make copies for everyone on the

committee

> if I can send them to her ASAP. The mtg. is on 7/15/04.

>

> Do you think I should ask our neurosurgeon to also write a letter

or

> do you think I should just take this next step myself and see

where

> it goes? Originally, he said he would not write a letter of med

> necc. & that he believed that the Rx provided medical necc. (my

ped

> signed one that I printed from here and it didn't help). Later,

when

> we got our 1st denial from IHA the neuro. did leave me a beautiful

> message on my answ.'g machine saying that he supports my efforts

and

> that he called and spoke w/2 IHA medical directors (they denied it

> again and sent me a 2nd denial letter).

>

> Thanks for any thoughts and advice!

>

> Sue and

> Colin F. 9mos. (brachy, rt plag)

> getting STARband *TODAY* at 3:00pm EST!

> Buffalo, NY

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

If your neuro is that nice then I would ask for the letter. It can't

hurt, you need all the ammunition that you can get. I'm proud of

your courage, I'd be scared to pieces to go in front of " any "

committee. Good luck!

Natasha

> Hello

>

> I received a letter inviting me to attend a meeting with

Independent

> Health's (IHA) Clinical Review Committee for my appeal. It is a

> panel of medical directors and community physicians. <GULP!> I am

> nervous but am so glad that I have all of the great references in

the

> letters that this group has provided on this site. I'm going to

see

> if I can find all of the articles, etc. that I referenced in the

> letter that I sent (either here or other plagio websites). The

nurse

> reviewer said that she will make copies for everyone on the

committee

> if I can send them to her ASAP. The mtg. is on 7/15/04.

>

> Do you think I should ask our neurosurgeon to also write a letter

or

> do you think I should just take this next step myself and see where

> it goes? Originally, he said he would not write a letter of med

> necc. & that he believed that the Rx provided medical necc. (my ped

> signed one that I printed from here and it didn't help). Later,

when

> we got our 1st denial from IHA the neuro. did leave me a beautiful

> message on my answ.'g machine saying that he supports my efforts

and

> that he called and spoke w/2 IHA medical directors (they denied it

> again and sent me a 2nd denial letter).

>

> Thanks for any thoughts and advice!

>

> Sue and

> Colin F. 9mos. (brachy, rt plag)

> getting STARband *TODAY* at 3:00pm EST!

> Buffalo, NY

[Guest guest]

Hello Sue

I would def get a letter from the neuro if he will write one, and

please do not let this group of folks intimidate you. I will keep

my fingers crossed for you.

Sandy Willow's Mom

Torticollis resolved

Cranio Germany Grad 02/04

> Hello

>

> I received a letter inviting me to attend a meeting with

Independent

> Health's (IHA) Clinical Review Committee for my appeal. It is a

> panel of medical directors and community physicians. <GULP!> I am

> nervous but am so glad that I have all of the great references in

the

> letters that this group has provided on this site. I'm going to

see

> if I can find all of the articles, etc. that I referenced in the

> letter that I sent (either here or other plagio websites). The

nurse

> reviewer said that she will make copies for everyone on the

committee

> if I can send them to her ASAP. The mtg. is on 7/15/04.

>

> Do you think I should ask our neurosurgeon to also write a letter

or

> do you think I should just take this next step myself and see

where

> it goes? Originally, he said he would not write a letter of med

> necc. & that he believed that the Rx provided medical necc. (my

ped

> signed one that I printed from here and it didn't help). Later,

when

> we got our 1st denial from IHA the neuro. did leave me a beautiful

> message on my answ.'g machine saying that he supports my efforts

and

> that he called and spoke w/2 IHA medical directors (they denied it

> again and sent me a 2nd denial letter).

>

> Thanks for any thoughts and advice!

>

> Sue and

> Colin F. 9mos. (brachy, rt plag)

> getting STARband *TODAY* at 3:00pm EST!

> Buffalo, NY