Re: Re: Medicaid and Cochlear Implants

[Guest guest]

What about Medicare and Cochlear Implants. Will Medicare pay for the N5 upgrade

upfront when it comes out? I've got a prexription from a doctor for it and its

very much need because the 3G doesn't work very well for me.

does anyone know when the N5 is going to be avilable as a N24 3G upgrade?

Trish

Re: Medicaid and Cochlear Implants

Tim, did you mean you will be getting MediCARE in one year? Medicare would

have paid for my hybrid if I had been eligible, at least in Florida. I doubt

MediCAID would pay.

Judy

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> Hello everyone,

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> I have a steep sloping profound hearing loss, with hearing that is " too

good " in the low frequencies to qualify for a standard cochlear implant. I

qualified for the clinical trial at UCSF for the Cochlear " hybrid " implant.

However, my insurance company (Kaiser) won't pay for it. We are appealing the

decision.

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> I will be getting Medicaid in about one year. Does anyone know their

position on FDA trials or how I would find out?

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> Thanks!

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> Tim

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