Re: Cigna Insurance Claims

[Guest guest]

welcome to the group. I don't know about cigna, but some insurance

routinely denies. Check the files section from this group's web page.

there are some winning appeal letters there. Best of luck with it.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

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> Greetings. I am new to the group but have been reco'd by a coworker to

> see if someone out there can help. I currently have Cigna PPO and went

> through Cranial Tech (CT) to have my (then) 8-month old son fitted for

> a DOC band. Was told up front that Cigna is notorious for not covering

> this procedure, but I figured a) my son needs it! and worst case, I

> will appeal any denial.

> Well, long story short, the date of service was in May, 2007 and I am

> finally being 'officially' denied. I write it that way b/c it took

> numerous phone calls, thus numerous different answers, to finally get

> an answer that the band was denied.

> Does anyone out there have any success stories to share with going

> after Cigna for reimbursement? I have some excellent articles and

> medical journal reports, but didn't know if there was someone who could

> help with some pointers about how to go about this.

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> Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

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