Re: New to the group....Cincinnati Area

[Guest guest]

Hi. We live the the NE Cincinnati suburbs and we have been to Cincinnati

Childrens for our Hanger Cranial Band for our son. He had left torticollis and

right plagio. His plagio was severe with some moderate bracy. He started his

helmet at 5.5 months and we finished 23 hr wear on 4/8. He looks pretty good and

we are pleased. We went to the Plagio Clinic that the plastic surgery dept had

on Wednesdays (we heard this may be changing). They had ~10 other babies there

for an info session and then we saw a PT for tort (which was quick since we had

been doing PT for tort since ~5 weeks old) and a specialist (Dawn Rothchild) for

plagio. We were then refereed to the Brace Shop for his helmet fitting, etc.

They have location in Fairfield, Montgomery (we saw here), and

one location near Childrens.

We have Anthem insurance. They ended up covering 85%. We were not sure at

first and paid up front so we did not have to wait. They cost of the helmet was

1280 (discounted from 2500), half at time of scanning and half at pick up. I

think our insurance covered it under durable medical equipment.

If you have any other question, feel free to email me. I hope all goes well at

your appt tomorrow. Good luck!

FYI...make when you check in at plastic surgery that you get your parking tix

validated!

Robin SW Ohio

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> Hi! My daugther is 4 months old and is going to the cranial facial surgeon for

her 1st appt on Monday at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Anyone here been to

Dr. (facial plastic surgeon)? What should I expect? Will they do

head measurements and facial symmetry measurements at this visit?

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> Anyone have Humana (specifically through P & G)? Any insurance issues?

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> Since she was 1 month old her head was starting to be flat and it has

continued to get worse. Now there is concern because you can feel her sutures

and her soft spot is closing early. The ped. said she has plagio, but after my

research and reading I think she also has mild tort and brach. My hope is that

it's only positional and not craniosynosis.

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[Guest guest]

Hello, we are from the cincinnati area too. I do not remember which dr. we saw

(it was in 2007) but it was an older gentelman and he was not very friendly!! So

make up a list of questions, and I think it helps to take someone else to the

apt with you to help listen and ask quesitons you may not think of. My husband

could not go to the apt with me so my Mother in law went. she was a huge help!

we also used hanger. Everything went really well. We also started at 4 months

and my daughter only wore her helmet for about 7 weeks!! I do not remember

which insurance we had at the time (it changes every year) but it was either

Humana or Atna, and they covered the whole thing. I did go to the ped and get a

note stating she was in physical therapy since one month for Tort and that

during the birth they had used a vacume to help her out just to add as much

detail as i could for insurance hoping they would cover!

Good Luck!

Alison and Caroline- 2007 Hanger graduate