Guest guest Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 My insurance company has authorized my doing shots at home. The only issue I'm worried about is payment; in the office, I think it's billed as a " procedure " not an office visit. I don't know how they'll cover it at home, and I'm hoping to find out in advance since right now I'm fortunate to be covered at 100 percent. Thanks, meryl Quite a few people do their own injections Meryl. Your insurane company may have Xolair listed as " physician administer only " . Or, it may have it listed under just " injectable " . I'd suggest you call and see where they have it listed. If they have it as physician administer, have it shipped to your physicians office and go pick it up there. My best advice. Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Quite a few people do their own injections Meryl. Your insurane company may have Xolair listed as " physician administer only " . Or, it may have it listed under just " injectable " . I'd suggest you call and see where they have it listed. If they have it as physician administer, have it shipped to your physicians office and go pick it up there. My best advice. Pat --------------------------------- FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 > > Hi. It seems that now my doctor will let me do shots at home. Has anyone done > this? > I'm wondering too, if my insurance will change the percentage they cover. > > Meryl > > Meryl, Must be nice! My doctor is too picky to let me do that. I have been on Xolair for over 2 years now with NO SIGN OF ANY KIND OF A REACTION and he STILL won't let me give my own shots at home. In past years, I have given myself shots with no problems. But this doctor? NO WAY! To make things worse, he charges me 83.00 to get those 2 injections in his office every two weeks AND........ He NO LONGER COOPERATES WITH MY IN MY INSURANCE PROVIDER. There is no doctor in my area who will give these shots to me any cheaper who is in my Blue Cross network. if this keeps up, I will owe his office over 1000.00 real soon. Looks like I might have to go off the xolair, not because I cant afford the medication (insurance pays all but a small 30.00 a month copay) but its getting to where I can't afford his price to give it to me. What is worse is that I pay 1000.00 a month ut of my own pocket for this coverage. My employer does not provide insurance. Thanks for letting me vent sigh! Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 I have been on Xolair for approximately 8 months, I have been giving myself the shots at home for approximately 3 months. The Dr asked me if I wanted to do it, approved it, and a nurse from curascript came to the house and showed me how to inject. (it is somewhat time consuming and an involved process, that's why the nurse at the clinic was glad to get rid of me!) They mail the meds, needles, paraphernalia, etc right to the house, it is refrigerated. I give e myself 3 shots every 2 weeks 375 mg. Curascript calls every month to authorize payment of the deductible and shipment. Nothing has changed, the deductible is the same, everything is the same. Sometimes when they call they say ship to the DR office right? I advise, no, ship to my house. They check, say I'm right and we move on. It is easy! The only problem is I do not believe a sane man should be sticking himself with needles! lol On Nov 2, 2005, at 4:02 PM, msbehavior@... wrote: > Hi. It seems that now my doctor will let me do shots at home. Has > anyone done > this? > I'm wondering too, if my insurance will change the percentage they > cover. > > Meryl > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 ron, your comment " The only problem is I do not believe a sane man should be sticking himself with needles! " really made me laugh!! i too inject myself, and right before i plunge in, i think " what am i doing to myself?? " heather Carpenter <cowtrail@...> wrote: I have been on Xolair for approximately 8 months, I have been giving myself the shots at home for approximately 3 months. The Dr asked me if I wanted to do it, approved it, and a nurse from curascript came to the house and showed me how to inject. (it is somewhat time consuming and an involved process, that's why the nurse at the clinic was glad to get rid of me!) They mail the meds, needles, paraphernalia, etc right to the house, it is refrigerated. I give e myself 3 shots every 2 weeks 375 mg. Curascript calls every month to authorize payment of the deductible and shipment. Nothing has changed, the deductible is the same, everything is the same. Sometimes when they call they say ship to the DR office right? I advise, no, ship to my house. They check, say I'm right and we move on. It is easy! The only problem is I do not believe a sane man should be sticking himself with needles! lol On Nov 2, 2005, at 4:02 PM, msbehavior@... wrote: > Hi. It seems that now my doctor will let me do shots at home. Has > anyone done > this? > I'm wondering too, if my insurance will change the percentage they > cover. > > Meryl > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 > > doug, that's awful that your dr won't let you do the shots at home. is there any dr (even farther away) that you can phone consult or something who'd let you do the xolair at home. that's an insane amount of money! > > when i started xolair, there was talk of me doing it in the office for 6-12 months, and then doing them at home. i've been on xolair almost 2 years and i'm still doing them in the office. > > the good news -- the person who does the billing at my drs office was informed by another allergist's office that if they bill my xolair injection appts as chemo (rather than whatever they were) i have no copay! since the insurance calls the xolair a biologic injectable, as they do chemo, its fine to bill that way. =o) so i only end up with a copay on my followup appointments or when i'm sick. > > heather > > , I am going to beg my doctor again next week when I get my next 2 injections. I might have no choice but to consider another allergist, however the one in Little Rock was the same way when I was using her. You folks are so lucky. As I said in my first post " MUST BE NICE " sigh! Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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