Guest guest Posted August 30, 2000 Report Share Posted August 30, 2000 Hey, Ken...What day is your surgery? Tami No longer Accepting Insurance My Groups | MiniGastricBypass Main Page | Start a new group! I have not talked to Dr. Rutledges office, but, in my opionion, Dr. Rutledge will take insurance payment, he just does not want to be involved in the hassle to get it. Look at it from his point of view. He is a surgeon and he maintains an office staff. This is a relatively new procedure and there is a ton of work in managing this. Dr. Rutledge is responsible for the clinics, surgery, post surgery follow up, web updates, answering email, doing the long term follow up of patients, and the 12 over things I don't even know about. All of this is a draw on his resources. I think he has done a tremendous job in keeping costs down. Insurance approval is a large draw on his people. He is a surgeon, but he is a business too. Before the managed care, PPO's and HMO's, I remember doctors regularily refusing to accept insurance. You pay the bill, and then you go get reimbursement from your insurance company. I don't think this is unreasonable. You go to your insurance company, in conjunction with your personal physician, and request approval. When your approved and can prove it to Dr. R, I'll bet that is all he needs. Or you can do like I am. I was denied an open Rny here in Michigan and am self paying with Dr. R and will fight the insurance comopany after the fact. There is a lot of work in this insurance approval game and it really isn't reasonable to expect the Doctors office to absorb those costs. Just my 2 cents. Surgery in 3 weeks! Ken Grakauskas This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com Please visit our web site at http://clos.net Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2000 Report Share Posted August 30, 2000 My clinic is the 19th of sept. and the surgery the 20th. Ken Grakauskas > Hey, Ken...What day is your surgery? Tami > No longer Accepting Insurance > > > > > My Groups | MiniGastricBypass Main Page | Start a new group! > > > I have not talked to Dr. Rutledges office, but, in my opionion, Dr. > Rutledge will take insurance payment, he just does not want to be > involved in the hassle to get it. Look at it from his point of view. > He is a surgeon and he maintains an office staff. This is a > relatively new procedure and there is a ton of work in managing this. > Dr. Rutledge is responsible for the clinics, surgery, post surgery > follow up, web updates, answering email, doing the long term follow > up of patients, and the 12 over things I don't even know about. All > of this is a draw on his resources. I think he has done a tremendous > job in keeping costs down. Insurance approval is a large draw on his > people. He is a surgeon, but he is a business too. Before the managed > care, PPO's and HMO's, I remember doctors regularily refusing to > accept insurance. You pay the bill, and then you go get reimbursement > from your insurance company. I don't think this is unreasonable. You > go to your insurance company, in conjunction with your personal > physician, and request approval. When your approved and can prove it > to Dr. R, I'll bet that is all he needs. Or you can do like I am. I > was denied an open Rny here in Michigan and am self paying with Dr. R > and will fight the insurance comopany after the fact. There is a lot > of work in this insurance approval game and it really isn't > reasonable to expect the Doctors office to absorb those costs. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Surgery in 3 weeks! > > Ken Grakauskas > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: MiniGastricBypass- unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2000 Report Share Posted September 1, 2000 O.K. Ken...I just read down through the older e-mails and found where you already told me your date!!! Sorry...But glad to know I have several littermates! See y'all real soon! Tami No longer Accepting Insurance > > > > > My Groups | MiniGastricBypass Main Page | Start a new group! > > > I have not talked to Dr. Rutledges office, but, in my opionion, Dr. > Rutledge will take insurance payment, he just does not want to be > involved in the hassle to get it. Look at it from his point of view. > He is a surgeon and he maintains an office staff. This is a > relatively new procedure and there is a ton of work in managing this. > Dr. Rutledge is responsible for the clinics, surgery, post surgery > follow up, web updates, answering email, doing the long term follow > up of patients, and the 12 over things I don't even know about. All > of this is a draw on his resources. I think he has done a tremendous > job in keeping costs down. Insurance approval is a large draw on his > people. He is a surgeon, but he is a business too. Before the managed > care, PPO's and HMO's, I remember doctors regularily refusing to > accept insurance. You pay the bill, and then you go get reimbursement > from your insurance company. I don't think this is unreasonable. You > go to your insurance company, in conjunction with your personal > physician, and request approval. When your approved and can prove it > to Dr. R, I'll bet that is all he needs. Or you can do like I am. I > was denied an open Rny here in Michigan and am self paying with Dr. R > and will fight the insurance comopany after the fact. There is a lot > of work in this insurance approval game and it really isn't > reasonable to expect the Doctors office to absorb those costs. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Surgery in 3 weeks! > > Ken Grakauskas > > > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: MiniGastricBypass- unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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