Guest guest Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 I just came across a situation. We put in the order for the N5 by phone and I was told that Medicare's 80% my primary insurancxe and Empire's 20% would be full coverage. Friday my husband called Cochear because theysent him an order form on the computer requesting credit card information. Turns out, yes, Medicare will cover the 80% -they have no doubt about that- but they're not participating in empire Plan insurance. I had to send them a check for the 20%, which I hopefully will get backfrom empire. Trish Re: Re : My new e-mail > > > > > > > > > > I'm sending this again. I was implanted in 2004,got my 3G24,thru > > > Medicare. > > > > In 2007 got Freedom out of my pocket,traded in my 3G24.So now in > > > > 2011,should > > > > I not get N5,thru Medicare,after 7 years? Thank you,Moses > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 That is when my Freedom processor will be 5 years old. In a message dated 4/16/2011 7:02:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, carol@... writes: , Why October? Happy Hearing! Carol Boca Raton, FL Cochlear America Nucleus 24C - left ear - Sprint 12/11/01 then 3G then upgraded to Freedom on 2/19/08 Cochlear America Freedom right ear -implanted 3/01/06 - activated 4/06/06 From: _sjsteino@..._ (mailto:sjsteino@...) Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 6:56 PM _ _ (mailto: ) Subject: Re: Re: N5 upgrade Moses, Do you have traditional Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan? I thought Medicare does not preapprove anything. Medicare did not pay for my Freedom either, and my 3G must be about 8 years old by now. Cochlear's reimbursement department told me that Medicare would not cover an upgrade for me until October regardless of who paid for my Freedom. In a message dated 4/15/2011 11:25:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mailto:chinamoses%40gmail.com writes: Dan,I started out with 3G24 in 2004,covered by Medicare,upgraded to Freedom in 2007,out of my pocket, so its 7 years. Moses On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:29 AM, hlaasdan <mailto:hlaasdan%40> wrote: > > > > That's good to know Moses! What did you do to get the upgrade assuming your > processor isn't 5 years old yet? Thanks! > > Dan > > > > > > > Moses, > > > Its a personal choice but as far as Medicare, your processor is not yet > > > 5 years old. Then you can take a shot at the upgrade. > > > > > > Quote of the nanosecond... > > > Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day. He's > > > turned > > > his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's > miserable > > > and depressed. > > > & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn > > > E-mail- > > > Gone.to.Dawgs@... > > > Home Page- > > > _http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/_ (http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/) > > > > > > > > > Re: Re : My new e-mail > > > > > > > > > > I'm sending this again. I was implanted in 2004,got my 3G24,thru > > > Medicare. > > > > In 2007 got Freedom out of my pocket,traded in my 3G24.So now in > > > > 2011,should > > > > I not get N5,thru Medicare,after 7 years? Thank you,Moses > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 What processor are you replacing and how old is it? In a message dated 4/16/2011 7:15:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, palhub@... writes: I just came across a situation. We put in the order for the N5 by phone and I was told that Medicare's 80% my primary insurancxe and Empire's 20% would be full coverage. Friday my husband called Cochear because theysent him an order form on the computer requesting credit card information. Turns out, yes, Medicare will cover the 80% -they have no doubt about that- but they're not participating in empire Plan insurance. I had to send them a check for the 20%, which I hopefully will get backfrom empire. Trish ----- Original Message ----- From: _sjsteino@..._ (mailto:sjsteino@...) _ _ (mailto: ) Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 6:56 PM Subject: Re: Re: N5 upgrade Moses, Do you have traditional Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan? I thought Medicare does not preapprove anything. Medicare did not pay for my Freedom either, and my 3G must be about 8 years old by now. Cochlear's reimbursement department told me that Medicare would not cover an upgrade for me until October regardless of who paid for my Freedom. In a message dated 4/15/2011 11:25:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, _chinamoses@..._ (mailto:chinamoses@...) writes: Dan,I started out with 3G24 in 2004,covered by Medicare,upgraded to Freedom in 2007,out of my pocket, so its 7 years. Moses On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:29 AM, hlaasdan <_hlaasdan@..._ (mailto:hlaasdan@...) > wrote: > > > > That's good to know Moses! What did you do to get the upgrade assuming your > processor isn't 5 years old yet? Thanks! > > Dan > > > > > > > Moses, > > > Its a personal choice but as far as Medicare, your processor is not yet > > > 5 years old. Then you can take a shot at the upgrade. > > > > > > Quote of the nanosecond... > > > Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day. He's > > > turned > > > his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's > miserable > > > and depressed. > > > & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn > > > E-mail- > > > Gone.to.Dawgs@... > > > Home Page- > > > _http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/_ (http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/) > > > > > > > > > Re: Re : My new e-mail > > > > > > > > > > I'm sending this again. I was implanted in 2004,got my 3G24,thru > > > Medicare. > > > > In 2007 got Freedom out of my pocket,traded in my 3G24.So now in > > > > 2011,should > > > > I not get N5,thru Medicare,after 7 years? Thank you,Moses > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 ,I believe that I have the Medicare Advantage Plan,taken care by my retirement plan. On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:56 PM, <sjsteino@...> wrote: > > > Moses, > > Do you have traditional Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan? I thought > Medicare does not preapprove anything. > > Medicare did not pay for my Freedom either, and my 3G must be about 8 years > > old by now. Cochlear's reimbursement department told me that Medicare > would not cover an upgrade for me until October regardless of who paid for > my > Freedom. > > > > > In a message dated 4/15/2011 11:25:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > chinamoses@... writes: > > Dan,I started out with 3G24 in 2004,covered by Medicare,upgraded to > Freedom > in 2007,out of my pocket, so its 7 years. Moses > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:29 AM, hlaasdan <hlaasdan@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > That's good to know Moses! What did you do to get the upgrade assuming > your > > processor isn't 5 years old yet? Thanks! > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > Moses, > > > > Its a personal choice but as far as Medicare, your processor is not > yet > > > > 5 years old. Then you can take a shot at the upgrade. > > > > > > > > Quote of the nanosecond... > > > > Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day. He's > > > > turned > > > > his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's > > miserable > > > > and depressed. > > > > & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn > > > > E-mail- > > > > Gone.to.Dawgs@... > > > > Home Page- > > > > http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Re: Re : My new e-mail > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sending this again. I was implanted in 2004,got my 3G24,thru > > > > Medicare. > > > > > In 2007 got Freedom out of my pocket,traded in my 3G24.So now in > > > > > 2011,should > > > > > I not get N5,thru Medicare,after 7 years? Thank you,Moses > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 3G, 6 1/2 years Re: Re : My new e-mail > > > > > > > > > > I'm sending this again. I was implanted in 2004,got my 3G24,thru > > > Medicare. > > > > In 2007 got Freedom out of my pocket,traded in my 3G24.So now in > > > > 2011,should > > > > I not get N5,thru Medicare,after 7 years? Thank you,Moses > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Hi All, Heard from one of the audiologist at Cochlear that both SPEAK and CIS are available for the Nucleus 5 upgrade. New software is out and the ability to program using both of those strategies is included. ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dab7dc7a47eead639st06duc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Wow! That was so timely....Im going to my audi on the 29th and I will be there with bells and whistles on. I cant wait to get my N5's programmed and ready to go! From: nucleus24@... <nucleus24@...> Subject: N5 upgrade Date: Sunday, April 17, 2011, 4:55 PM Â Hi All, Heard from one of the audiologist at Cochlear that both SPEAK and CIS are available for the Nucleus 5 upgrade. New software is out and the ability to program using both of those strategies is included. __________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dab7dc7a47eead639st06duc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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