Insurance/providers

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I have a question, I was wondering what the deal is with audi's only perscribing

certain types of hearing aids. Do they contract with certain companies and they

can't order other aids? The reason I ask is because we were really interested

in the Sprite system, it is a hearing aid but you don't have to use it as an

aid, it can be used as an FM system, I was hoping to ask our ENT for that, and I

realize that CCRS, the clinic he works through wouldn't cover it, but I was

hoping he would order it and bill our other insurance and hopefully they would

pay for it, but when I called the company, it is a product of Phonic Ear, they

gave me a list of audiologist offices that deal out these items in my area, and

well none of them are covered by my insurance. So I am wondering if they need

to have a contract with the company to dispense that type of aid, or if anyone

can deal them out. The thing is if we go to another audi that is not covered by

our insurance and they write out a perscription for this, the insurance won't

pay for it since they are not an approved audiologist. At least that is how I

thought it worked. What do I do? The audiologist and ENT we are supposed to

see don't deal out FM systems either, so who do we go to who can deal out an FM

system? I think our insurance is not contracted with decent audi's, one of the

ones at the clinic insisted that if they gave him hearing aids because he only

had a loss in the high frequencies that would over amplify the low frequencies.

Now she is experienced in dispensing hearing aids, and she works at the

children's clinic which deals only with children, so either she is really dumb

and doesn't know what she is talking about, or they don't deal out programable

hearing aids, and if that is the case why would I want to be seen by audi's who

only deal out extreemely limited amount of aids? We are seeing the ENT in March

and I am going to see what he says about this. I am going to ask him about

programable aids and why they couldn't perscribe one of those. Also if it would

be possible for them to order an FM system even if we would have to go through

our regular insurance to get it. Can anyone help me here. They are telling me

I can only see these audi's and ENT, but the ones they are giving me are pretty

much incompetent in caring for my son's needs. What do I do?