Re: insurance coverage of medical labs

[Guest guest]

I think the codes for Drs. to use is in the back of the book.

I am curious what state's cover this under workmans comp?

a

wearethecanaries <_thecanaries@thecanariethe_

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My doctor wants to order some of the lab tests that Dr. Shoemaker

uses, such as MSH, VEGF, MMP9, etc. Can anyone advise how they were

able to get insurance coverage for these tests, since 'mold illness'

is not generally recognized as a diagnosis? It would be helpful to

also know what companies have allowed coverage.

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[Guest guest]

I am curious what state's cover this under workmans comp?

a

wearethecanaries <thecanaries@...> wrote:

My doctor wants to order some of the lab tests that Dr. Shoemaker

uses, such as MSH, VEGF, MMP9, etc. Can anyone advise how they were

able to get insurance coverage for these tests, since 'mold illness'

is not generally recognized as a diagnosis? It would be helpful to

also know what companies have allowed coverage.

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[Guest guest]

That would be 'cover' in what sense?

Mostly, in practice I'm gonna guess it falls under a bodybag in terms of

coverage for the unfortunates who have actually noticed the connection between

their health deterioration and chronic or acute exposure. (Please forgive my

dark humor...)

But for a 'real' answer, probably the same kind of stuff that gets recognized

every so often in the mainstream press - If you already have a major, recognized

immunodeficiency (like full-blown AIDS or being an organ transplant recipient

who takes immunosuppressants), you might get 'credit' as it were, for mold

exacerbating asthma or causing gastro irritation or debilitating allergies or

some 'fluke' of your already compromised health situation like a fungal

infection. But as we've ALL heard, I'm quite sure, reg'lar, healthy individuals

are not at risk to be sickened by mold or mycotoxin exposure.

Ah, one day we will be recognized for being the pre-cient canaries we have been

for a world in denial due to the cost potential to several industries for

recognizing our plight...

~Haley

a Townsend <kmtown2003@...> wrote:

I am curious what state's cover this under workmans comp?

a

wearethecanaries <thecanaries@...> wrote:

My doctor wants to order some of the lab tests that Dr. Shoemaker

uses, such as MSH, VEGF, MMP9, etc. Can anyone advise how they were

able to get insurance coverage for these tests, since 'mold illness'

is not generally recognized as a diagnosis? It would be helpful to

also know what companies have allowed coverage.

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[Guest guest]

The diagnostic codes for the labs are also available on the following

webpage:

http://www.moldwarriors.com/PDFs/NTordersheet.pdf

They're not coded for mold illness, if you look up the diagnostic

codes, you'll find they're for things like metabolic/immunity

disorders, endocrine diseases (for the hormonal tests), disorders of

optic nerve and visual pathways, etc. The overall diagnosis I've

been given by various doctors for various appts are things like

encephalopathy, CFS, FM, etc. It's the same situation with Lyme

patients - as far as insurance companies are concerned, there's no

such disease in chronic form, so we get lumped into those

other " acceptable disease " categories. My insurance (Cigna PPO) did

cover the majority of the tests, except for a few and I think MMP9

might have been one of the ones not covered, but I know I only paid a

few hundred, rather than a few thousand out of pocket for the tests,

which were the first and only that have shown how very sick I was

(and unfortunately am).

B.

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> My doctor wants to order some of the lab tests that Dr. Shoemaker

> uses, such as MSH, VEGF, MMP9, etc. Can anyone advise how they were

> able to get insurance coverage for these tests, since 'mold illness'

> is not generally recognized as a diagnosis? It would be helpful to

> also know what companies have allowed coverage.

>