Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 2 weeks after an ALJ hearing on HBOT reimbursement, 12-year old Jimmy Freels suddenly lost his Beckett eligibility after 11 years. Next, after a call to Governor Perdue's Chief of Staff, without explanation Jimmy's eligibility was just as suddenly restored. The documentation can be downloaded from http://www./group/GA-ParentNetwork/files/BeckettDeniedResto\ red.pdf The person who made the final decision to remove his eligibility is the same person who testified against him two weeks before at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hearing--Dr , medical director of the Georgia Medical Care Foundation. During a call to Georgia state senator Unterman, Ms Unterman stated the Beckett eligibility criteria had been revised specifically because of the decisions reached in our 7-year request/quest for Medicaid coverage of a treatment proven to reverse brain-injury which can save Georgia Medicaid hundreds of millions every year if Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is utilized for the developmentally disabled. I have repeatedly asked staff at GMCF for an explanation of his original denial of services, and in turn have also asked for an explanation for the restoration of his eligibility. I was informed three days ago that a letter is supposed to be forthcoming from the legal services department of the Georgia Dept of Community Health, but that same department has yet to provide answers first requested seven years ago. It has been my hope to provide other parents with this information so as to help them restore and/or maintain the eligibility of their children too. At this point, I've come to the conclusion that the most efficient manner to get something done, to get things moving is to call Governor Perdue's Chief of Staff and of course Senator Unterman. They've certainly been the most helpful to me and my family, and I'm sure they'll be just as glad to help other families too. Who knows. Maybe they could use our disabled children to make one of those " Look what Sonny did " television commercials. , Chief of staff. office: 404-651-7714 cell: 404-661-8700 Unterman home: 770-945-1887 cell: 678-508-5945 -- Freels 2948 Windfield Circle Tucker, GA 30084-6714 770-491-6776 (phone) 404-725-4520 (cell) 815-366-7962 (fax) mailto:dfreels@... http://www.freelanceforum.org/df Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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