Re:insurance letter & seeing more than one surgeon pre-op

[Guest guest]

As you may know, I had my consult with Dr. Oakley (in Bowling Green, OH) last

Monday. Today, they sent me a copy of the letter of medical necessity they

sent to my insurance company. I am supposed to call my insurance in 2 weeks

to check on my claim and keep calling them until they give an answer

(hopefully an approval) in writing. My question - does it matter that they

said I was 52 in the letter when I am really 53? Is the insurance going to

wonder about that, since they obviously know my age? Should I tell the Dr.s

office to have them re-write this?

ALSO- for those of you who have started with one Dr. and then gone on to work

with another - did you have problems with your insurance for changing

surgeons? Did they wonder why they were getting requests from more than one

surgeon concerning the same surgery? Or do they just look at it that you are

getting 2 opinions?

I just wonder about this because I am seeing both Ohio surgeons who do the

DS, always had this in mind. So, in November, I will be attending an

informational session with Dr. Maguire. Dr. Maguire is in my network and it

won't require the $2500 upfront fee required by Dr. Hess due to my insurance

being so slow to pay, so I may have to go to him for financial reasons, if I

like him when I meet him.

just wondered if any could shed some light on these things.

Carole