Re: Alan's update:: :=(c4?

[Guest guest]

Geez...

Medical hasn't even got approval of the C+ ...and you're

already working on a C-4. You go (boom) guy!

Alan

> > I'm sorry you are having such a hard time with the insurance

> companies. My

> > surgeon simply called and got pre-approval for a THR and coded it

as

> such.

>

> Orthopaedic Hospital will not allow JRI to do this. They tried it

> earlier this year, and the hospital made them resubmit those cases

> with the annotation that the surgeon would use an investigational

> device if he thought it appropriate. That's what turned my case

(which

> had already been approved as a THR) into exactly the sort of

nightmare

> struggle with CIGNA bureaucracy that Alan's dealing with right now.

>

> 11 weeks post-op, there's been another development in my case: CIGNA

> decided to disallow $929.20 of the $1000.00 I paid out of pocket for

> my pre-op autologous blood donation and reimbursed me a whopping

> $70.80. I don't know whether to call my lawyer or try to buy C4 on

the

> black market. I *really* hate those guys.

>

> Steve (bilat C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz)

[Guest guest]

> > > I'm sorry you are having such a hard time with the insurance

> > companies. My

> > > surgeon simply called and got pre-approval for a THR and coded it

> as

> > such.

> >

> > Orthopaedic Hospital will not allow JRI to do this. They tried it

> > earlier this year, and the hospital made them resubmit those cases

> > with the annotation that the surgeon would use an investigational

> > device if he thought it appropriate. That's what turned my case

> (which

> > had already been approved as a THR) into exactly the sort of

> nightmare

> > struggle with CIGNA bureaucracy that Alan's dealing with right now.

> >

> > 11 weeks post-op, there's been another development in my case: CIGNA

> > decided to disallow $929.20 of the $1000.00 I paid out of pocket for

> > my pre-op autologous blood donation and reimbursed me a whopping

> > $70.80. I don't know whether to call my lawyer or try to buy C4 on

> the

> > black market. I *really* hate those guys.

> >

> > Steve (bilat C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz)

[Guest guest]

Nice thought, but you know, the rats and the roaches somehow always

survive.

> > Geez...

> >

> > Medical hasn't even got approval of the C+ ...and you're

> > already working on a C-4. You go (boom) guy!

>

> C4 *and* a flamethrower (so I can scour the wreckage for

survivors) ;-)

>

> Steve

>

>

[Guest guest]

hey man, easy on the Roches...

- In surfacehippy , " Alan Ray " wrote:

> Nice thought, but you know, the rats and the roaches somehow

always

> survive.

>

>

> > > Geez...

> > >

> > > Medical hasn't even got approval of the C+ ...and

you're

> > > already working on a C-4. You go (boom) guy!

> >

> > C4 *and* a flamethrower (so I can scour the wreckage for

> survivors) ;-)

> >

> > Steve

> >

> >