Re: Re: Help Please!Need a Dr. in Tennessee!Dont understand anything!going crazy

[Guest guest]

here's the locator for Hanger, Tennessee;

http://www.hanger.com/sections/facilities/tn.html

--- nwilkens2275 <nwilkens2275@...> wrote:

> Hi Misty-

> The first thing you should do is call your insurance

> company and ask

> them what your benefits are for Durable Medical

> Equipment (DME), but

> then also ask them specifically if Dynamic Orthotic

> Cranioplasty

> (DOC) devises are included under DME. Also ask if

> you need pre-

> approval before getting such a device (assuming it's

> covered). Some

> insurances need pre-approval, some don't.

>

> Then check out the websites for Cranial

> Technologies, makers of the

> DocBand (www.cranialtech.com), and Orthomerica,

> makers of the

> StarBand (www.orthomerica.com). Do a search to find

> the closest

> locations to you. There is another band, called the

> Hanger band. I'm

> not sure what that website is though, maybe someone

> else can help

> you there. Also, your insurance company may be able

> to help identify

> an in-network orthotics provider (again, assuming

> it's covered).

>

> If the doctor feels that a band is necessary, they

> will right a

> prescription for it and should be able to point you

> in the right

> direction of a local orthotist, if you haven't found

> one already by

> Thursday. You can't get a band without a script.

> Once you get the

> script and find a band provider that you're happy

> with, you're

> daughter will either be scanned or casted for a

> costum-fitted band.

> A week or 2 later, you'll get the band and she will

> eventually wear

> it 23 hours a day. The length of time of treatment

> depends on the

> age of the baby and the severity of the plagio.

>

> Hope that helps a little. Please keep us posted.

> Good luck!

>

> Jake-18m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DocBand 2/11/08)

> Jordan-4

>

>

>

> >

> > ok well i might be freaking out to soon but my

> daughter has an

> appt.

> > thursfay, and she said if its not any difference

> by thursday that

> well

> > do the referal, and get her the helmet. well i

> have state

> insurance,

> > and i dont know if its covered. Not only that i

> cant find a dr. iv

> > searched the internet over, iv found one in

> memphis and i checked

> on

> > the data base in here and there was 3 and i was

> disconnected and i

> got

> > a hold of 1 and talked to her, but not much

> else.Im kinda freaking

> out

> > cause i dont know what to expect. im trying to

> just find out what

> will

> > happen and if my insurane will cover it. The one

> lady i talked to

> said

> > that she thinks that ill have to come in get a pre

> approval, and

> thta

> > takes a while, that i might be better off paying

> out of pocket.

> she

> > said it was 3000.00 i was like i cant afford that.

> well if any one

> > knows anything, or has any advise..I NEED

> IT!!!!!!!!

> >

> > misty rushing

> > Mother of

> > a Rushing

> > dyersburg tn

> >

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