INSURANCE ISSUES!
MedIcare and Paying for IV Antibiotics. Yes there are IV Clinics!!! 1.15.10
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Appeal Letter to Insurance Company for IV COVERAGE from TIMACA !! She was reimbursed thousands $ back!
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INSURANCE COMMISSIONER -
www.iid.state.ia.us
at the end is IA FOR IOWA; show VT or whatever your state's abbreviation is ok.
go to their site, then use CONTACT ME from there ok.
call or email infuserveamerica.com
great company....thrilled with there prices added 12-09 by KNICE, mdjunction.com site
California Lyme Disease Association, CALDA has a very handy form letter to send to insurance companies that deny you care. It was written by someone who has a lot of experience in dealing with denial of care for lyme.
You go to the link I have below, read through the brief description, then download the forms. Add your personal information and the insurance companies address, and presto, you have a good letter.
http://www.lymedisease.org/resources/insurance.html
Be sure to cc your state's attorney general. They are increasingly becoming involved in cases where insurance companies deny care to sick people. Added 2.3.0907
HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS TIPS 2009
http://www.healthclaimappeals.org/home.html
INSURANCE APPEAL … READ ENTIRE POST; COLLECTIVE ADVISE!
Example: Mo’s son http://www.healthclaimappeals.org/home.html w/brain problems/suicidal !!
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INSURANCE HELP FOR APPEALS
from SARAH aka californialyme 11-07
Another good site for insurance help is HARP.org run by an oncologist who got a JD (became a lawyer) because he was tired of his patients being shafted in their treatment because of insurance companies, specifically HMOs for him. He knows ALL about Lyme- his name is Harvey Frey and he is actually a family friend (if you write him from his site tell him Karen Leonards daughter Sarah told you to write hiM!)(that's me*)!
He helped the Lyme patients going after Kaiser as much as able- he won't be your lawyer but we can help you figure out what to do sometimes!!!
from ANN-OHIO
There is tons of good info at the site mentioned below,. this is the home page
http://www.patientrights.com/index.html
It was put together by a Michigan law firm and is one of the best I have ever seen
Insurance Reimbursement & Lyme disease from Health Centers of America, outstanding advise…8.1.08 BettyG
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HIPPA LAWS: *** VERY IMPORTANT!
Under the new HIPPA guidelines you have the legal right to request that mistakes in the records be corrected. Docs don't like to do this. Hubby did have this done at least once. It would probably be a bigger hassle and harder to get the corrections done if an ER or hospital was involved. Bea Seibert
REPORTING MEDICAL DRS. ETHICAL VIOLATIONS!!
By Cave 1-3-08
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