Re: Email to regarding Military Insurances

[Guest guest]

Lori,

My grandson (06-05-04 bilateral) is getting his first shoes & brace

today. His dad is in the marines and the tricare insurance will not

cover. They contacted the Navy Relief group and that organization

paid for the first set of shoes and brace. I don't know which kind

of shoes they are getting, but the insurance would not cover. They

are checking into Shiners to see if they can help with the next

set. Hope this helps.

Sally

Logan's and Meegan's Grandma " Boo "

> Ive not heard much here about other military families needing the

> shoes but Im sure it bound to happen. At the moment,

Tricare

> doesnt cover the cost of the special shoes, nor will they

reimburse

> if we pay out of pocket for this since Mr isnt an

approved

> provider.

> I emailed him today and received a response that he is looking

into

> getting the " L code " needed that will cover the shoes for us. He

> warns that it takes some time though, but it is in the works.

> Hopefully this will be in place if/when Elijah needs the

> shoes.

>

> Lori

> and Elijah 3.26.04 Atypical RCF w/ plantaris. Serial casting,

> pending surgery.

[Guest guest]

Lori,

My grandson (06-05-04 bilateral) is getting his first shoes & brace

today. His dad is in the marines and the tricare insurance will not

cover. They contacted the Navy Relief group and that organization

paid for the first set of shoes and brace. I don't know which kind

of shoes they are getting, but the insurance would not cover. They

are checking into Shiners to see if they can help with the next

set. Hope this helps.

Sally

Logan's and Meegan's Grandma " Boo "

> Ive not heard much here about other military families needing the

> shoes but Im sure it bound to happen. At the moment,

Tricare

> doesnt cover the cost of the special shoes, nor will they

reimburse

> if we pay out of pocket for this since Mr isnt an

approved

> provider.

> I emailed him today and received a response that he is looking

into

> getting the " L code " needed that will cover the shoes for us. He

> warns that it takes some time though, but it is in the works.

> Hopefully this will be in place if/when Elijah needs the

> shoes.

>

> Lori

> and Elijah 3.26.04 Atypical RCF w/ plantaris. Serial casting,

> pending surgery.

[Guest guest]

Sally,

Tricare will pay for the Markell shoes. They paid for ours but they

have to be entered by the provider a certain way. We use a local limb

and brace company and Tricare told me that the shoes have to be

entered as " Dennis Brown Brace " and the bar is entered as a misc.

item. If the brace company is given that info, they can look up the

codes that correspond w/ that.

Hope that helps your son.. it saved us $128.

Lori

and Elijah 3.26.04 RCF w/ plantaris

[Guest guest]

Sally,

Tricare will pay for the Markell shoes. They paid for ours but they

have to be entered by the provider a certain way. We use a local limb

and brace company and Tricare told me that the shoes have to be

entered as " Dennis Brown Brace " and the bar is entered as a misc.

item. If the brace company is given that info, they can look up the

codes that correspond w/ that.

Hope that helps your son.. it saved us $128.

Lori

and Elijah 3.26.04 RCF w/ plantaris

[Guest guest]

Sally,

Tricare will pay for the Markell shoes. They paid for ours but they

have to be entered by the provider a certain way. We use a local limb

and brace company and Tricare told me that the shoes have to be

entered as " Dennis Brown Brace " and the bar is entered as a misc.

item. If the brace company is given that info, they can look up the

codes that correspond w/ that.

Hope that helps your son.. it saved us $128.

Lori

and Elijah 3.26.04 RCF w/ plantaris

[Guest guest]

Lori,

Thanks for the info. I will forward to daughter and son-in-law.

Sally

Logan's & Meegan's Grandma " Boo "

> Sally,

> Tricare will pay for the Markell shoes. They paid for ours but

they

> have to be entered by the provider a certain way. We use a local

limb

> and brace company and Tricare told me that the shoes have to be

> entered as " Dennis Brown Brace " and the bar is entered as a misc.

> item. If the brace company is given that info, they can look up

the

> codes that correspond w/ that.

> Hope that helps your son.. it saved us $128.

>

> Lori

> and Elijah 3.26.04 RCF w/ plantaris

[Guest guest]

Lori, Wow you have done good with Tricare. When we had tricare they

didn't cover the shoes or the bar. NOTHING!! We got the code and

everything and tricare said they don't cover the dennis brown at all.

This was back in 2002. We had to pay for the shoes and brace until we

started going to shriners St.Louis now we don't pay for anything. I

hated tricare they gave us such a hard time. The lady on the phone

even said to me that tricare says that the dennis brown is medically

unnessasary and that we should go ahead and just get the surgery. I

gave her a piece of my mind. We fought for months with tricare and

then gave up. I know another lady on here that I know from Ft.Riley

her son was born the same time as Isabella has to get the mitchell

shoes and tricare won't cover them for her. The last I heard that was

a couple months ago.

Best of luck to you

(Mommy to Isabella 10-12-02 bilateral cf)

> Sally,

> Tricare will pay for the Markell shoes. They paid for ours but they

> have to be entered by the provider a certain way. We use a local

limb

> and brace company and Tricare told me that the shoes have to be

> entered as " Dennis Brown Brace " and the bar is entered as a misc.

> item. If the brace company is given that info, they can look up the

> codes that correspond w/ that.

> Hope that helps your son.. it saved us $128.

>

> Lori

> and Elijah 3.26.04 RCF w/ plantaris