Guest guest Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hello to all. I had joined this group a while ago but hadn't posted because i thought my surgery would still be a couple of months away. Turns out that my insurance (united Healthcare) is cancelling all single policy holders(like myself) on feb 1st! Now i have been doing all the paperwork for a year and i hate to start all over again. So now i am being forced to ahve my surgery before the end of the month. My orthodontist says im read and all i have to do is get the pins put in according to him. Any advice for someone seeing in getting this procedure done a lot sooner then expected ? Thanks t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Hello there, I was just wondering how long you've been in braces up to now and how rushed is this surgery...when were you scheduled to have it before? I'm getting my braces on myself on Jan. 18 and my insurance isn't finalized yet either. How long did it take you to get the surgery approved...my carrier has already denied my first request to cover it. Thanks. -nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 it took 3 months to get my insurance straightened out, but my OS took care of it for me. personally, i would NOT recommend starting any part of the treatment you intend them to cover- if they see you have already started to pay for it, GOOD LUCK getting them to cover it!! if you aren't going to ask them to pay for the braces, then go ahead and get them put on. but if your request for converage includes orthodontics, WAIT until they okay it to start with braces!! gina > > Hello there, I was just wondering how long you've been in braces up > to now and how rushed is this surgery...when were you scheduled to > have it before? I'm getting my braces on myself on Jan. 18 and my > insurance isn't finalized yet either. How long did it take you to > get the surgery approved...my carrier has already denied my first > request to cover it. Thanks. > > -nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 I had braces on when i was 13 and then got them taken off a year and ahalf later.. not i have had braces on since may so roughly six months and change. I was planning on having the surgery in feb/march and it took me almost 8 months to get my surgery approved.. stupid slow insurance company. Make sure you get the oral ssurgeon specifies that it is a corrective medical procedure and not cosmetic ( i got denied the first time as well) > > Hello there, I was just wondering how long you've been in braces up > to now and how rushed is this surgery...when were you scheduled to > have it before? I'm getting my braces on myself on Jan. 18 and my > insurance isn't finalized yet either. How long did it take you to > get the surgery approved...my carrier has already denied my first > request to cover it. Thanks. > > -nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 are you sure you want to have the surgery if your health insurance will be expired soon after? who pays for all the post-op appointments? what if you have complications that need to be fixed down the road? will your new insurance company cover pre-existing conditions?? gina > > Hello to all. I had joined this group a while ago but hadn't posted > because i thought my surgery would still be a couple of months away. > > Turns out that my insurance (united Healthcare) is cancelling all > single policy holders(like myself) on feb 1st! > > Now i have been doing all the paperwork for a year and i hate to > start all over again. > > So now i am being forced to ahve my surgery before the end of the > month. My orthodontist says im read and all i have to do is get the > pins put in according to him. > > Any advice for someone seeing in getting this procedure done a lot > sooner then expected ? > > Thanks > > t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 You'll be done and over it a lot sooner! Good wishes to you. Actually, there's not a lot you can do to prepare. Stock up on the needed supplies, be in as good health as you can -- and figure your ortho (and you) have done the needed prep. Best, Cammie > > Hello to all. I had joined this group a while ago but hadn't posted > because i thought my surgery would still be a couple of months away. > > Turns out that my insurance (united Healthcare) is cancelling all > single policy holders(like myself) on feb 1st! > > Now i have been doing all the paperwork for a year and i hate to > start all over again. > > So now i am being forced to ahve my surgery before the end of the > month. My orthodontist says im read and all i have to do is get the > pins put in according to him. > > Any advice for someone seeing in getting this procedure done a lot > sooner then expected ? > > Thanks > > t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 I was in a similar situation. I had to have surgery by the end of 2004 because the insurance company that covered my surgeon and the surgery ended at the end of 2004. If I hadn't had surgery by then, I would have had to find a new insurance company and a new surgeon, even though I had been working with this surgeon and had braces for about a year already. Thankfully, post op appointments were accounted for in the cost of surgery, so even though I still see my original surgeon, and he is no longer covered by my new insurance I can still see him for post op appointments and not have to pay. I do worry about what happens if I relapse or something happens that would require me to have surgery again. I would love to stick with my original surgeon for that, of course, but I try to remember that I will find a way to cross that bridge if I ever come to it. > > > > Hello to all. I had joined this group a while ago but hadn't posted > > because i thought my surgery would still be a couple of months away. > > > > Turns out that my insurance (united Healthcare) is cancelling all > > single policy holders(like myself) on feb 1st! > > > > Now i have been doing all the paperwork for a year and i hate to > > start all over again. > > > > So now i am being forced to ahve my surgery before the end of the > > month. My orthodontist says im read and all i have to do is get the > > pins put in according to him. > > > > Any advice for someone seeing in getting this procedure done a lot > > sooner then expected ? > > > > Thanks > > > > t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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