IV DENIED - PLEASE READ

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/14/00 2:31:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,

ellenlu@... writes:

<< 3) Either fill out the electronic complaint form on-line or print it

out and mail it.

4) Your name will be kept confidential. SO THAT THE LYME COMMUNITY CAN

GET A COPY OF YOUR FORM FROM THE NASW, PLEASE WRITE ON YOUR FORM: " I

HEREBY GIVE PERMISSION FOR NASW TO GIVE A COPY OF MY FORM TO THE LYME

DISEASE COALITION OF NY AND CONN, INC. " This organization will also

keep your name confidential. >>

I am sure in order for that consent to be valid, the form would have to be

printed out SIGNED, and mailed in...B

[Guest guest]

Dear Joan,

I am sorry you are having trouble with your insurance company.

In New York State there is a managed care advocacy project organized by

the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and I think it is

very important to register this incident with them. Their main purpose

is to keep track of the problems with managed care in NYS and they have

been able to work with the Attorney General's office in making him aware

of managed care transgressions.

It is very important that we keep a central registry of all the times we

are denied treatment or are given other problems by managed care

companies. This goes for all managd care complaints, not just Lyme

patients.

New York state residents should:

1) Go to http://www.naswnyc.org.

2) At the bottom of the page press one of the blue bars that says

Managed Care Incident FOrm (very hard to read, but it is there) .

3) Either fill out the electronic complaint form on-line or print it

out and mail it.

4) Your name will be kept confidential. SO THAT THE LYME COMMUNITY CAN

GET A COPY OF YOUR FORM FROM THE NASW, PLEASE WRITE ON YOUR FORM: " I

HEREBY GIVE PERMISSION FOR NASW TO GIVE A COPY OF MY FORM TO THE LYME

DISEASE COALITION OF NY AND CONN, INC. " This organization will also

keep your name confidential.

Thanks,

Ellen