Re: Cigna denied us - AGAIN!

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Dear Gail,

I haven't read the other posts so I'm not sure if anyone has

responded to you, but I believe the article you reference is:

Ellenbogen RG, Gruss JS, Cunningham ML. Update on Craniofacial

Surgery: The Differential Diagnosis of Lambdoid Synostosis/Posterior

Plagiocephaly. Clin Neurosurg 2000: 47: 303-318.

Personally, I think they go out of their way to cite only artilces

that support their position!

Sincerely,

Tim Littlefield

Cranial Technologies, Inc.

> Hey ,

>

> Thanks. We argued that DOC is a reconstructive procedure for a

skull deformation, and this is what they responded with.

>

> Though the appeal argues that treatment to correct an abnormal

headshape is not cosmetic, a recent review of this subject in

Pediatric Clinics of North America classifies occipital plagiocephaly

as " simply a cosmetic problem " , finds no evidence for secondary

functional problems, and indicates that the goal of treatment

is " improving cosmesis " .

>

> They didn't provide any info on this journal like issue, date,

volume, author, or anything else. If you can find it I would be

grateful.

>

> Gail

> RE: Re: Cigna denied us - AGAIN!

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>

> Hi Gail,

>

> I must have missed part of this discussion. What's the name of

the Journal that Cigna mentioned? I'll run at check at work.

>

> Regards,

>

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