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Forum: Health Insurance

Help one another navigate the rough waters of insurance issues regarding spine surgery, specifically Artificial Disc Replacement. Discuss Approvals/Denials/Appeals, Workers' Compensation, Social Security Disability and Medicaid & Medicare Coverage.

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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement Approval Letter (5/15/09): Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX

    Started by Justin, 05-26-2009 07:53 PM
    adr, appeal, approval, artificial, artificial disc, artificial disc replacement, blue, blue cross blue shield, cervical, cervical adr, cervical artificial disc, cervical artificial disc replacement, cross, disc, disc replacement, great, information, ion, letter, member, news, replacement, shield, sps, texas 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
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    thumoeides
    04-18-2010 06:35 PM Go to last post

  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Insurance Companies APPROVING Artificial Disc Replacement (ADR) Surgery

    Started by Justin, 05-04-2009 01:24 PM
    adr, approval, approving, artificial, artificial disc, artificial disc replacement, blue, cervical, cervical adr, companies, cover, cross, disc, disc replacement, forum, insurance, level, lumbar, michigan, replacement, successful, surgery, terry, texas, thread
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 1,479
    Jeff
    02-17-2010 10:24 AM Go to last post

  4. Sticky Thread Sticky: The Insurance Warrior, Laurie Todd

    Started by Justin, 05-07-2009 12:06 PM
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    adr, appeal, approved, artificial disc, artificial disc replacement, blue, companies, disc replacement, fda, great, heal, health, insurance, laurie, laurie todd, patient, patients, replacement, resource, spine, surgery, todd, warrior, win, years
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 677
    Justin
    06-19-2009 12:33 PM Go to last post

  5. Sticky Thread Sticky: Lumbar Spinal Fusion Versus Anterior Lumbar Disc Replacement: The Financial Implications

    Started by Justin, 06-15-2009 11:51 PM
    anterior, article, artificial disc, artificial disc replacement, blue, case, companies, disc replacement, education, financial, financial implications, forums, fusion, implications, insurance, ion, link, lumbar, lumbar disc, patients, replacement, spinal fusion, spine, sps, versus
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 555
    Justin
    06-19-2009 12:09 PM Go to last post

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  1. complications and insurance coverage

    Started by herniated C6-7, 08-24-2010 11:08 AM
    adr, charges, complications, cover, crazy, follow, follow up, fusion, general, herniated, idea, infection, insurance, interesting, ion, ions, love, men, part, patient, post, potential, question, questions, revision, surgery, surgical, treatment, wound
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 113
    runagain
    08-29-2010 11:56 PM Go to last post

  2. Exclamation The moment of truth (Insurance Approval for Two-Level Artificial Disc Replacement and One-Level Fusion)

    Started by pochofeo, 08-16-2010 08:06 PM
    adr, approval, approved, artificial disc, artificial disc replacement, back, disc replacement, discs, email, end, fusion, hybrid, insurance, insurance approval, level, long, mixed, replacement, risk, surgeon, surgery, time, today, work, years
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 158
    Susanna
    08-22-2010 01:58 AM Go to last post

  3. Columbia University web site looks promising?

    Started by pochofeo, 08-17-2010 10:43 PM
    adr, called, center, cover, found, great, haven, heard, insurance, love, patients, promising, site, spine, spine center, spine patients, surgery, talks, things, university, waiting, web
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 92
    trkdoc714
    08-21-2010 02:43 PM Go to last post

  4. Was your surgery paid for by insurance? Or not?

    Started by KBear, 07-13-2010 09:49 PM
    adr, age, back, ces, change, clinical, clinical trial, common, companies, denied, experiences, factor, heard, insurance, long, love, makes, noticed, pay, received, sense, surgeries, surgery, technology, trial
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 186
    Jack-of-all-trades
    08-19-2010 06:12 PM Go to last post

  5. Any specific information re Anthem BC of CA?

    Started by herniated C6-7, 08-19-2010 12:08 PM
    adr, anthem, back, blue, cash, cross, delay, difficult, experience, germany, information, insurance, ion, live, pain, patients, paying, question, spine, state, stenum, surgeon, surgery, symptoms, thinking
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 51
    KBear
    08-19-2010 12:26 PM Go to last post

  6. Health Insurance Deductibles

    Started by Bnathanb1982, 08-09-2010 09:27 PM
    back, beginning, couple, doc, doctor, dollars, heal, health, healthcare, hospital, insurance, ions, mad, money, pay, payment, plan, process, questions, surgeon, surgery, united, versus, work, year
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 104
    Greg
    08-15-2010 08:21 PM Go to last post

  7. Happy Days!!!! Anthem BC/BS, Artificial Disc Replacement (In-Network Reimbursement, Stenum)

    Started by Ben, 09-03-2009 09:40 AM
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    adr, anthem, appeal, artificial, artificial disc, artificial disc replacement, bc or bs, bcbs, ben, blue, care, cathy, claim, congratulations, cross, days, disc, disc replacement, excited, germany, happy, heal, health, hospital, in-network, innetwork, insurance, ions, level, reform, reimbursement, replacement, stenum, surgery, work
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 1,141
    herniated C6-7
    08-15-2010 01:39 PM Go to last post

  8. An interesting read over who gets the dollar. The patient, the insurance company, the doctor or Government

    Started by Jack-of-all-trades, 08-14-2010 11:26 PM
    area, birthday, company, doc, doctor, doctors, family, good, hospital, insurance, interesting, make, medicaid, medicare, men, or or, patient, pay, read
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 72
    KBear
    08-15-2010 10:21 AM Go to last post

  9. The Insurance Intelligencer -- Not enough scientific proof? (Treatment denied despite appeal)

    Started by Justin, 07-29-2010 01:06 PM
    appeal, artificial disc, artificial disc replacement, ces, companies, disc replacement, evidence, evidence-based medicine, fusion, heal, health, insurance, ion, medicine, patient, repeated, replacement, spinal fusion, study, surgeon, surgery, treatment, win, work, years
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 106
    Greg
    07-30-2010 02:24 AM Go to last post

  10. Anyone have a fusion done with BCBS insurance????

    Started by Greg, 07-05-2010 07:38 PM
    adr, approval, approved, case, companies, company, ddd, diagnosis, discs, emergency, forum, fusion, great, hard, insurance, letters, level, life, matter, member, pay, spinal fusion, surgery, talking, world
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 126
    Cindylou
    07-06-2010 12:53 AM Go to last post

  11. How dare they do that????

    Started by Greg, 04-21-2010 01:30 AM
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    adr, back, bilateral, cells, clinical trial, companies, discs, fusion, fusions, insurance, level, levels, meds, mri, nerve, pain, questions, short, stability, stem, stem cells, surgery, treatment, trial, year
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 405
    Greg
    05-12-2010 12:12 AM Go to last post

  12. Insurance Intelligencer -- The Emperor Has No Clothes

    Started by Justin, 03-02-2010 10:48 PM
    appeal, approval, care, chiropractor, companies, doctor, favorite, foundation, heal, health, independent review, insurance, insurance denial, levels, medical, miss, patient, peer review, physicians, policy, policy statements, post, read, sham, surgeon, surgery, texas, treatment, win
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 191
    Justin
    03-02-2010 10:48 PM Go to last post

  13. Sick for Profit: Where Do Our Premiums Go? (VIDEO)

    Started by Justin, 10-06-2009 03:49 PM
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    black, compassionate, entitled, follow, found, gel, haven, ions, member, mom, month, patient, post, premiums, profit, sick, society, spine, spine patient, spine patient society, thing, video, wife, work, youtube
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 593
    runagain
    02-24-2010 01:12 PM Go to last post

  14. Appeal filed

    Started by jss, 02-22-2010 09:49 PM
    adr, appeal, case, chance, good, hand, heal, health, insurance, made, reimbursement, review, surgery, weeks
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 180
    Justin
    02-23-2010 06:29 AM Go to last post

  15. Just got bill for fusion surgery

    Started by Jack-of-all-trades, 02-19-2010 10:45 PM
    adr, bill, cervical, cervical adr, charged, company, cost, crazy, day, details, doc, doctor, fusion, fusion surgery, give, important, insurance, level, medicine, paying, personal, properties, surgeon, surgery, two level
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 238
    Dave
    02-20-2010 09:39 AM Go to last post
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