Re: Add us to the DOC Graduates and some GOOD insurance news

[Guest guest]

Wow that is great news. Congratulations to Nikolas for becoming a

grad and congrats to you for the insurance victory.

and , CA

-ONH

-Central Hypotonia

-Torticollis

-Brachy/Plagio soon to be DOCbanded.

>

> Hello fellow parents!!

>

> Well add us to the list of new graduates. Nikolas had his exit

> appointment yesterday. He did a tad more crying, okay screaming,

> this time but we made it thru the casting. So it is offical now!!

He

> wore it for about 2 1/2 months which is what our therapist

predicted

> at CT. He started wearing it at 7 1/2m and he is now almost 9m

old.

> His head grew 1.5 cm over that time period and all his

measurements

> are now within normal limits!! Woohoo!!

>

> On to the Insurance news...Orginally when I check with our

> insurance, Medcost Preferred in NC, I was told they would cover it

> at DME at 70%. When the claim was first filed they only paid $500

> b/c they said it was out of network and they filed it as a

> Specialist office visit. I called the adjust I had been talking to

> and told her that if there was somewhere in network please tell me

> and we would go there...She said there was not, so she refiled as

an

> In network Specialist and we only had to pay a $20 copay. We

should

> be getting a nice refund check from CT in the next week or two

since

> we had already paid half on our own before this!!

>

> So I just wanted to let others know that it does pay to make

mutiple

> phones calls. I talked directly to the person who files the claims

> and I think that made the difference. I also would hold Nikolas

> while I talked to her so she could hear him on the other end.

>

> I will start a photo album for him under Nikolas J 1/11/04 so you

> can see his pictures!!

>

> Thanks for all the help over the past few months!!

>

> Jen and Nikolas 9m

> Tort/Pos Plagio DOC Band from 7/26/04-10/7/04

[Guest guest]

Congrats on both the graduation and insurance news! How exciting!

Let us know if you get his before and after pics posted.

, mom to Hannah, DOCgrad 7/29

Cape Cod, Ma

>

> Hello fellow parents!!

>

> Well add us to the list of new graduates. Nikolas had his exit

> appointment yesterday. He did a tad more crying, okay screaming,

> this time but we made it thru the casting. So it is offical now!!

He

> wore it for about 2 1/2 months which is what our therapist

predicted

> at CT. He started wearing it at 7 1/2m and he is now almost 9m

old.

> His head grew 1.5 cm over that time period and all his

measurements

> are now within normal limits!! Woohoo!!

>

> On to the Insurance news...Orginally when I check with our

> insurance, Medcost Preferred in NC, I was told they would cover it

> at DME at 70%. When the claim was first filed they only paid $500

> b/c they said it was out of network and they filed it as a

> Specialist office visit. I called the adjust I had been talking to

> and told her that if there was somewhere in network please tell me

> and we would go there...She said there was not, so she refiled as

an

> In network Specialist and we only had to pay a $20 copay. We

should

> be getting a nice refund check from CT in the next week or two

since

> we had already paid half on our own before this!!

>

> So I just wanted to let others know that it does pay to make

mutiple

> phones calls. I talked directly to the person who files the claims

> and I think that made the difference. I also would hold Nikolas

> while I talked to her so she could hear him on the other end.

>

> I will start a photo album for him under Nikolas J 1/11/04 so you

> can see his pictures!!

>

> Thanks for all the help over the past few months!!

>

> Jen and Nikolas 9m

> Tort/Pos Plagio DOC Band from 7/26/04-10/7/04

[Guest guest]

A $20 copay? Wow! Can't beat that! Would you mind posting your

experience in our insurance database in case someone else comes

along with Medcost? Congrats on graduation too! Give Nikolas a big

smooch on the head for me.

Natasha

>

> Hello fellow parents!!

>

> Well add us to the list of new graduates. Nikolas had his exit

> appointment yesterday. He did a tad more crying, okay screaming,

> this time but we made it thru the casting. So it is offical now!!

He

> wore it for about 2 1/2 months which is what our therapist

predicted

> at CT. He started wearing it at 7 1/2m and he is now almost 9m

old.

> His head grew 1.5 cm over that time period and all his

measurements

> are now within normal limits!! Woohoo!!

>

> On to the Insurance news...Orginally when I check with our

> insurance, Medcost Preferred in NC, I was told they would cover it

> at DME at 70%. When the claim was first filed they only paid $500

> b/c they said it was out of network and they filed it as a

> Specialist office visit. I called the adjust I had been talking to

> and told her that if there was somewhere in network please tell me

> and we would go there...She said there was not, so she refiled as

an

> In network Specialist and we only had to pay a $20 copay. We

should

> be getting a nice refund check from CT in the next week or two

since

> we had already paid half on our own before this!!

>

> So I just wanted to let others know that it does pay to make

mutiple

> phones calls. I talked directly to the person who files the claims

> and I think that made the difference. I also would hold Nikolas

> while I talked to her so she could hear him on the other end.

>

> I will start a photo album for him under Nikolas J 1/11/04 so you

> can see his pictures!!

>

> Thanks for all the help over the past few months!!

>

> Jen and Nikolas 9m

> Tort/Pos Plagio DOC Band from 7/26/04-10/7/04

[Guest guest]

Jen,

Congratulations to you and Nikolas!!!! I'm so glad to hear that he

finished so quickly and that you only had to pay $20.00 Good job!!

Dianna

Mom to

DOC Band 9/13

plagio/brachy

In Plagiocephaly , " Jen " <jbjacobs@c...> wrote:

>

> Hello fellow parents!!

>

> Well add us to the list of new graduates. Nikolas had his exit

> appointment yesterday. He did a tad more crying, okay screaming,

> this time but we made it thru the casting. So it is offical now!!

He

> wore it for about 2 1/2 months which is what our therapist

predicted

> at CT. He started wearing it at 7 1/2m and he is now almost 9m

old.

> His head grew 1.5 cm over that time period and all his

measurements

> are now within normal limits!! Woohoo!!

>

> On to the Insurance news...Orginally when I check with our

> insurance, Medcost Preferred in NC, I was told they would cover it

> at DME at 70%. When the claim was first filed they only paid $500

> b/c they said it was out of network and they filed it as a

> Specialist office visit. I called the adjust I had been talking to

> and told her that if there was somewhere in network please tell me

> and we would go there...She said there was not, so she refiled as

an

> In network Specialist and we only had to pay a $20 copay. We

should

> be getting a nice refund check from CT in the next week or two

since

> we had already paid half on our own before this!!

>

> So I just wanted to let others know that it does pay to make

mutiple

> phones calls. I talked directly to the person who files the claims

> and I think that made the difference. I also would hold Nikolas

> while I talked to her so she could hear him on the other end.

>

> I will start a photo album for him under Nikolas J 1/11/04 so you

> can see his pictures!!

>

> Thanks for all the help over the past few months!!

>

> Jen and Nikolas 9m

> Tort/Pos Plagio DOC Band from 7/26/04-10/7/04