Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 Kellie, that would be awesome if UHC would give you a waiver to get the DOCband, I have never heard of an insurance company doing that. You might want to check out Orthomerica's webpage ( maker of the STARband) and go to their find an orthotist location to see if their is an ortho in your area that will provide the STARband. http://orthomerica.com Cranial Tech and Therapies are few and far between, it would be great if they did have at least one center in each state (hint! hint!) ;o) Good luck Kellie! Niki Kaylie & Danny (STAR grads) Phila., PA > Hi, I have only posted a couple times before, but read all the > postings daily. Thanks for all the information. Our daughter Sofia > will be getting, we believe, a DOC band soon. Right now we are trying > to precertify with our insurance(United Health care) and are possibly > looking for someone in network. We were referred to Cranial > Therapies(a cranial tech. clinic in Burbank, Ca.), but they are not > contracted. Does anyone know of any other clinics or companies that do > the cranial bands? If we can not find one, UHC said they will probably > give us a waiver to use Cranial Therapies. Are these so specialized > that there are only one or two in a state? > > I will be anxious to hear from anyone, especially in the so. cal. area? > > Thank you again, > > kellie cruz(mom to Sofia 6 months) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 In a message dated 5/1/02 8:14:07 AM Central Daylight Time, niki_jay175@... writes: << that would be awesome if UHC would give you a waiver to get the DOCband, I have never heard of an insurance company doing that. >> What the insurance company will do is authorize her to use an out-of-network provider as an in-network provider for that service only and usually they put a time limit by which you must go. This is only something they will do if a suitable specialist cannot be within your network. Marci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 Oh ! I can't believe they would say they didn't receive it, even after a confirmation call!!!! How frustrating! ( Keep us updated! Kendra Re: Cranial therapies That would be amazing if UHC would do that. They have given me the royal run around. Those **##?! I faxed a second request for a face to face appeal after they "never received" the first one. I got a confirmation call that they got it. I just called yesterday and they "never received" that one either. I finally wrote a letter of compliant to the DOI. They will regret the day they decided to tango with me. > In a message dated 5/1/02 8:14:07 AM Central Daylight Time, > niki_jay175@y... writes:> > << that would be awesome if UHC would give you a waiver to get > the DOCband, I have never heard of an insurance company doing that. >>> > What the insurance company will do is authorize her to use an out-of-network > provider as an in-network provider for that service only and usually they put > a time limit by which you must go. This is only something they will do if a > suitable specialist cannot be within your network.> > MarciFor more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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