Hanger, insurance and other such stuff

[Guest guest]

We went Tuesday and Had Garrett's head scanned at my local Hanger

facility. The staff is great very nice and easy to talk to. He has a

17mm assemetry. I got a call from them today after they talked to

Aetna and it will take 2-12 weeks for them to approve his helmet and

then it takes 5-7 days to make the band. I can not believe that they

can put this off for nearly 3 months. By then he'll be almost a year

old and need to be scanned again. Any suggestions on what to do to get

the insurance company moving faster?

Lori

Mommy to:

Garrett - 8 1/2 months

Hannah - 2 yrs

NOrth Canton, OH

[Guest guest]

Anything over 2 weeks and he will need to be scanned again per industry standerds.

As far as ins. Call them and tell them that the sooner a band is started the better chances are for correction and if they delay his treatment then they are looking at actually paying for 2 bands and not just one.

Or you could appeal to thier compasionate side and tell them that he has a better chance at correction the sooner he starts treatment.

Find out if they have an expedite process.

Jen and Luli - 21 months

Left tort - Right Plagio - Hanger Band Grad - CA

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Hanger, insurance and other such stuff

We went Tuesday and Had Garrett's head scanned at my local Hanger

facility. The staff is great very nice and easy to talk to. He has a

17mm assemetry. I got a call from them today after they talked to

Aetna and it will take 2-12 weeks for them to approve his helmet and

then it takes 5-7 days to make the band. I can not believe that they

can put this off for nearly 3 months. By then he'll be almost a year

old and need to be scanned again. Any suggestions on what to do to get

the insurance company moving faster?

Lori

Mommy to:

Garrett - 8 1/2 months

Hannah - 2 yrs

NOrth Canton, OH

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[Guest guest]

We have Anthem and out hanger facility told us it would take up to 10 days for insurance to reply. I called Hanger on the 9th day and they said they were just getting ready to call our insurance. They called us later that day to say we were approved. Maybe you can ask Hanger to call and check up on your insurance after a week or so? And just stay on them!! I wish I could be of more help!

Alison M

Hanger, insurance and other such stuff

We went Tuesday and Had Garrett's head scanned at my local Hanger facility. The staff is great very nice and easy to talk to. He has a 17mm assemetry. I got a call from them today after they talked to Aetna and it will take 2-12 weeks for them to approve his helmet and then it takes 5-7 days to make the band. I can not believe that they can put this off for nearly 3 months. By then he'll be almost a year old and need to be scanned again. Any suggestions on what to do to get the insurance company moving faster?LoriMommy to:Garrett - 8 1/2 monthsHannah - 2 yrs NOrth Canton, OH

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I have Aetna also and I am still waiting for a reimbursment for the helmet claim I placed in June. I decided to pay for the helmet out of pocket and then get reimbursed because I did not want to waste crucial time waiting for Aetna. If possible, I would pay out of pocket and then put in the claim to get reimbursed, rather than waiting for a preapproval because there is a good chance that it will be longer than 2 weeks and more along the lines of 12 if not longer. I was told that my claim would take 30-40 days to process and it has already been over 90 days. candice, nylddelsenora <lddelsenora@...> wrote: We went Tuesday and Had Garrett's head scanned at my local Hanger facility. The staff is great very nice and easy to talk to. He has a 17mm assemetry. I got a call from them today after they talked to Aetna and it will take 2-12 weeks for them to approve his helmet and then it takes 5-7 days to make the band. I can not believe that they can put this off for nearly 3 months. By then he'll be almost a year old and need to be scanned again. Any suggestions on what to do to get the insurance company moving faster?LoriMommy to:Garrett - 8 1/2 monthsHannah - 2 yrs NOrth Canton, OH

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