Doctor problems: Please help

November 19, 2009

I took my son in to a geneticst about 5 or 6 weeks ago. She seemed nice

enough and was very prompt in typing up our conversation notes and her

recommendations and sending them to me in the mail. When I was reviewing the

notes to place in my son's file she had a summary paragraph at the end where she

said: " There is certainly a good chance that there is no underlying genetic

etiology and he JUST HAS A MILD SPEECH DELAY that will continue to improve over

time. "

My son is a very friendly happy child. When we were in the office he said a

total of four words to her -- Hi, mama. dada, bubba (brother for him).

I was concerned by her comments about his so called " mild " delay and called her

nurse requesting that this be removed from her commernts as it could impact my

insurance companies willingness to pay for speech and oral function therapy.

The nurse called today and said the dr refused to remove the wording because it

was what she " observed " .

My son just got his school system evaluation and his speech was rated as

" severe " . He has a 27% gap between his receptive and expressive scores and only

scored in the 2nd percentile for oral motor. How can she say he has a " mild "

delay when he didn't say anything to her in the office of any substance?

Would you all let this go or does anyone have suggestions for recourse for me?

I'm just concerned because I finally met my deductibles and the insurance is

just now having to pay for the therapy themselves and I've heard this is a

battle and they look for any little reason to deny.

Thanks for your help,

Sue

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