Re: New here - Anyone go through Kaiser Permanente?

[Guest guest]

,

My husband is a physician and we used to live in CA. I do not know the

answer to your question about whether Kaiser will cover it or not, but

let me tell you that Kaiser is all about saving money and not patient

care so my guess is that they won't. Kaiser is known as " K-Mart

medicine " . We have a friend who worked for them temporarily while in

training and he has many horror stories. Some Kaiser docs get bonuses

at the end of the year for saving money. Surgeons get those bonuses so

oftentimes patients are thrown on life-long medication instead of

surgery because it is cheaper. Someone we know had a bubble inside of

him and the Kaiser surgeons told him that his heart could not be

operated on due to weakness, but if the bubble would burst, he would

die. My husband has a colleague at a prestigious institution who

reviewed his records and had to argue the point with Kaiser for them to

finally operate on him. With the salaries at Kaiser, lemme tellya, you

aren't getting the top of the line doctors. Before I married, I thought

all doctors knew all the same stuff and all were the same. Not so.

--- In Plagiocephaly , " tylasmommy " <tylasmommy@y...>

wrote:

> Hello everyone, I am new here. Our little boy(Jaxon)is 11weeks old

and

> has Torticollis and Plagiocephaly. We started taking him to physical

> therapy last week. We would like to get the DOC band for him but we

> just found out that we will be switching insurance providers this

next

> month so we need to wait. We are switching to Kaiser Permanente. Does

> anyone else have Kaiser Insurance and does it cover the DOC band or

> any other helmets? I am worried that Kaiser will not cover any

> treatments. I would love any information you could give me about

> Kaiser's coverage.

>

> Thanks much,

> Muramoto

> San Diego, Ca

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to the group. You can try calling and asking Kaiser, but I'm

not sure if they'll be able to tell you w/out giving them your ID #,

which you probably don't have yet. You could also try calling Cranial

Tech and asking them what their experience w/that insurance has been.

Another option would be to hurry and get it now with the insurance you

currently have if they cover DOCbands. It is only billed once at

casting in the full amount, so you wouldn't have to worry about the

fact that you'd we switching over part way through treatment. Good

luck!

, mom to Hannah, DOCgrad

Cape Cod, Ma

http://hannahsnoggin.typepad.com

--- In Plagiocephaly , " tylasmommy " <tylasmommy@y...>

wrote:

> Hello everyone, I am new here. Our little boy(Jaxon)is 11weeks old

and

> has Torticollis and Plagiocephaly. We started taking him to physical

> therapy last week. We would like to get the DOC band for him but we

> just found out that we will be switching insurance providers this

next

> month so we need to wait. We are switching to Kaiser Permanente.

Does

> anyone else have Kaiser Insurance and does it cover the DOC band or

> any other helmets? I am worried that Kaiser will not cover any

> treatments. I would love any information you could give me about

> Kaiser's coverage.

>

> Thanks much,

> Muramoto

> San Diego, Ca

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to the group. You can try calling and asking Kaiser, but I'm

not sure if they'll be able to tell you w/out giving them your ID #,

which you probably don't have yet. You could also try calling Cranial

Tech and asking them what their experience w/that insurance has been.

Another option would be to hurry and get it now with the insurance you

currently have if they cover DOCbands. It is only billed once at

casting in the full amount, so you wouldn't have to worry about the

fact that you'd we switching over part way through treatment. Good

luck!

, mom to Hannah, DOCgrad

Cape Cod, Ma

http://hannahsnoggin.typepad.com

--- In Plagiocephaly , " tylasmommy " <tylasmommy@y...>

wrote:

> Hello everyone, I am new here. Our little boy(Jaxon)is 11weeks old

and

> has Torticollis and Plagiocephaly. We started taking him to physical

> therapy last week. We would like to get the DOC band for him but we

> just found out that we will be switching insurance providers this

next

> month so we need to wait. We are switching to Kaiser Permanente.

Does

> anyone else have Kaiser Insurance and does it cover the DOC band or

> any other helmets? I am worried that Kaiser will not cover any

> treatments. I would love any information you could give me about

> Kaiser's coverage.

>

> Thanks much,

> Muramoto

> San Diego, Ca

[Guest guest]

Thanks for responding ! Oh my!!!:-O Now I am

really worried about having Kaiser insurance:-( We

have no choice though. I am no longer going to be

working to be a stay at home mom so we have to switch

to my husbands insurance. I just hope that by some

miracle we get an incredible and caring doctor and

that we can be the exception. Thank you so much for

all the information. Not exactly what I was hoping to

hear but it's good to know. I dont know what we will

do if they wont cover treatment...

Thanks,

--- elisesmama <elisesmama@...> wrote:

> ,

>

> My husband is a physician and we used to live in CA.

> I do not know the

> answer to your question about whether Kaiser will

> cover it or not, but

> let me tell you that Kaiser is all about saving

> money and not patient

> care so my guess is that they won't. Kaiser is known

> as " K-Mart

> medicine " . We have a friend who worked for them

> temporarily while in

> training and he has many horror stories. Some Kaiser

> docs get bonuses

> at the end of the year for saving money. Surgeons

> get those bonuses so

> oftentimes patients are thrown on life-long

> medication instead of

> surgery because it is cheaper. Someone we know had a

> bubble inside of

> him and the Kaiser surgeons told him that his heart

> could not be

> operated on due to weakness, but if the bubble would

> burst, he would

> die. My husband has a colleague at a prestigious

> institution who

> reviewed his records and had to argue the point with

> Kaiser for them to

> finally operate on him. With the salaries at Kaiser,

> lemme tellya, you

> aren't getting the top of the line doctors. Before I

> married, I thought

> all doctors knew all the same stuff and all were the

> same. Not so.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> > Hello everyone, I am new here. Our little

> boy(Jaxon)is 11weeks old

> and

> > has Torticollis and Plagiocephaly. We started

> taking him to physical

> > therapy last week. We would like to get the DOC

> band for him but we

> > just found out that we will be switching insurance

> providers this

> next

> > month so we need to wait. We are switching to

> Kaiser Permanente. Does

> > anyone else have Kaiser Insurance and does it

> cover the DOC band or

> > any other helmets? I am worried that Kaiser will

> not cover any

> > treatments. I would love any information you could

> give me about

> > Kaiser's coverage.

> >

> > Thanks much,

> > Muramoto

> > San Diego, Ca

>

>

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Thanks for responding ! Oh my!!!:-O Now I am

really worried about having Kaiser insurance:-( We

have no choice though. I am no longer going to be

working to be a stay at home mom so we have to switch

to my husbands insurance. I just hope that by some

miracle we get an incredible and caring doctor and

that we can be the exception. Thank you so much for

all the information. Not exactly what I was hoping to

hear but it's good to know. I dont know what we will

do if they wont cover treatment...

Thanks,

--- elisesmama <elisesmama@...> wrote:

> ,

>

> My husband is a physician and we used to live in CA.

> I do not know the

> answer to your question about whether Kaiser will

> cover it or not, but

> let me tell you that Kaiser is all about saving

> money and not patient

> care so my guess is that they won't. Kaiser is known

> as " K-Mart

> medicine " . We have a friend who worked for them

> temporarily while in

> training and he has many horror stories. Some Kaiser

> docs get bonuses

> at the end of the year for saving money. Surgeons

> get those bonuses so

> oftentimes patients are thrown on life-long

> medication instead of

> surgery because it is cheaper. Someone we know had a

> bubble inside of

> him and the Kaiser surgeons told him that his heart

> could not be

> operated on due to weakness, but if the bubble would

> burst, he would

> die. My husband has a colleague at a prestigious

> institution who

> reviewed his records and had to argue the point with

> Kaiser for them to

> finally operate on him. With the salaries at Kaiser,

> lemme tellya, you

> aren't getting the top of the line doctors. Before I

> married, I thought

> all doctors knew all the same stuff and all were the

> same. Not so.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> > Hello everyone, I am new here. Our little

> boy(Jaxon)is 11weeks old

> and

> > has Torticollis and Plagiocephaly. We started

> taking him to physical

> > therapy last week. We would like to get the DOC

> band for him but we

> > just found out that we will be switching insurance

> providers this

> next

> > month so we need to wait. We are switching to

> Kaiser Permanente. Does

> > anyone else have Kaiser Insurance and does it

> cover the DOC band or

> > any other helmets? I am worried that Kaiser will

> not cover any

> > treatments. I would love any information you could

> give me about

> > Kaiser's coverage.

> >

> > Thanks much,

> > Muramoto

> > San Diego, Ca

>

>

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

I will have to call Cranial Tech. to find out if

Kaiser ins. usually covers something like this. If not

maybe like you said I could get him in for his helmet

before my insurance runs out at the end of the month.

I will give them a call... Thanks again everyone for

all there help.

--- <sarahhollis@...> wrote:

> Hi ,

> Welcome to the group. You can try calling and

> asking Kaiser, but I'm

> not sure if they'll be able to tell you w/out giving

> them your ID #,

> which you probably don't have yet. You could also

> try calling Cranial

> Tech and asking them what their experience w/that

> insurance has been.

> Another option would be to hurry and get it now with

> the insurance you

> currently have if they cover DOCbands. It is only

> billed once at

> casting in the full amount, so you wouldn't have to

> worry about the

> fact that you'd we switching over part way through

> treatment. Good

> luck!

> , mom to Hannah, DOCgrad

> Cape Cod, Ma

> http://hannahsnoggin.typepad.com

>

>

> > Hello everyone, I am new here. Our little

> boy(Jaxon)is 11weeks old

> and

> > has Torticollis and Plagiocephaly. We started

> taking him to physical

> > therapy last week. We would like to get the DOC

> band for him but we

> > just found out that we will be switching insurance

> providers this

> next

> > month so we need to wait. We are switching to

> Kaiser Permanente.

> Does

> > anyone else have Kaiser Insurance and does it

> cover the DOC band or

> > any other helmets? I am worried that Kaiser will

> not cover any

> > treatments. I would love any information you could

> give me about

> > Kaiser's coverage.

> >

> > Thanks much,

> > Muramoto

> > San Diego, Ca

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I will have to call Cranial Tech. to find out if

Kaiser ins. usually covers something like this. If not

maybe like you said I could get him in for his helmet

before my insurance runs out at the end of the month.

I will give them a call... Thanks again everyone for

all there help.

--- <sarahhollis@...> wrote:

> Hi ,

> Welcome to the group. You can try calling and

> asking Kaiser, but I'm

> not sure if they'll be able to tell you w/out giving

> them your ID #,

> which you probably don't have yet. You could also

> try calling Cranial

> Tech and asking them what their experience w/that

> insurance has been.

> Another option would be to hurry and get it now with

> the insurance you

> currently have if they cover DOCbands. It is only

> billed once at

> casting in the full amount, so you wouldn't have to

> worry about the

> fact that you'd we switching over part way through

> treatment. Good

> luck!

> , mom to Hannah, DOCgrad

> Cape Cod, Ma

> http://hannahsnoggin.typepad.com

>

>

> > Hello everyone, I am new here. Our little

> boy(Jaxon)is 11weeks old

> and

> > has Torticollis and Plagiocephaly. We started

> taking him to physical

> > therapy last week. We would like to get the DOC

> band for him but we

> > just found out that we will be switching insurance

> providers this

> next

> > month so we need to wait. We are switching to

> Kaiser Permanente.

> Does

> > anyone else have Kaiser Insurance and does it

> cover the DOC band or

> > any other helmets? I am worried that Kaiser will

> not cover any

> > treatments. I would love any information you could

> give me about

> > Kaiser's coverage.

> >

> > Thanks much,

> > Muramoto

> > San Diego, Ca

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hello, !

My son, , has had a DOC band for 12 weeks. (He is now 11

months.)Kaiser Permanente covered the entire cost of the helmet,

except for a $10.00 co-pay for each visit for fittings. Kaiser

originally wanted us to go to another specialist, but since the

genetist sees at Children's Hospital in DC recommended the DOC

band, we requested to use Cranial Technologies instead.

I think the two things that have helped us get every specialist

referral approved that we have requested are: sees a genetist

who gives us letters of medical necessity and that Kaiser assigned us

a pediatric case manager(thanks to the regular Kaiser pediatrician he

sees)who helps us quickly get referrals for visits to other

specialists.

has other issues (skeletal dysplaysia, hypotonia) and receives

physical therapy which Kaiser also pays for. He has seen at least ten

specialists and five have been outside of Kaiser. We have been very

satified with the treatment has received through Kaiser. (For

myself, on the other hand...)

I hope this helps.

Robin Laybourne

Sterling, VA

--- In Plagiocephaly , " tylasmommy " <tylasmommy@y...>

wrote:

> Hello everyone, I am new here. Our little boy(Jaxon)is 11weeks old and

> has Torticollis and Plagiocephaly. We started taking him to physical

> therapy last week. We would like to get the DOC band for him but we

> just found out that we will be switching insurance providers this next

> month so we need to wait. We are switching to Kaiser Permanente. Does

> anyone else have Kaiser Insurance and does it cover the DOC band or

> any other helmets? I am worried that Kaiser will not cover any

> treatments. I would love any information you could give me about

> Kaiser's coverage.

>

> Thanks much,

> Muramoto

> San Diego, Ca