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Health Insurance

Below you will find a list of discussions in the Health Insurance forums at the Spine Patient Society Forums. 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. Announcement Sticky Thread Sticky: Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement Approval Letter (5/15/09): Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX

    Started by Justin‎, 05-26-2009 08:53 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, replacement, shield, spine patient society, sps, texas 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 4,618
    dyates
    12-14-2010, 01:20 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by Justin‎, 05-04-2009 02:24 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: 8
    • Views: 4,480
    lgabrysch
    12-02-2010, 01:06 PM Go to last post

  4. Announcement Sticky Thread Sticky: State by state Insurance Commissioner contact info

    Started by trkdoc714‎, 09-26-2010 03:48 PM
    act, association, commissioner, contact, info, information, insurance, ion, link, national, state, web
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,066
    rsaylor8326
    10-03-2010, 08:59 AM Go to last post

  5. Announcement Sticky Thread Sticky: The Insurance Warrior, Laurie Todd

    Started by Justin‎, 05-07-2009 01:06 PM
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    1 2
    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: 1,789
    Justin
    06-19-2009, 01:33 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by Justin‎, 06-16-2009 12:51 AM
    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: 964
    Justin
    06-19-2009, 01:09 PM Go to last post

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  1. Appeal filed

    Started by jss‎, 02-22-2010 10:49 PM
    adr, appeal, case, chance, good, hand, heal, health, insurance, made, reimbursement, review, surgery, weeks
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,097
    lunaazul21
    04-03-2011, 10:36 AM Go to last post

  2. Blue Net California

    Started by Orion‎, 03-13-2011 07:22 PM
    approved, back, blue, cervical, experience, fall, good, head, level, pay, prodisc, replacement, shield, two level, ucsf
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 332
    Justin
    03-20-2011, 01:39 PM Go to last post

  3. Any success with Regence BCBS?

    Started by Dilentz‎, 02-06-2011 01:44 AM
    adr, approval, cage, coffee, company, complete, degeneration, early, full, fusions, germany, hospital, insurance, ion, levels, lower, outcome, pain, plan, positive, space, stenum, three levels, top, year
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 639
    Cindylou
    02-06-2011, 01:19 PM Go to last post

  4. Urgent Care Appeal

    Started by bigdogchief76‎, 12-13-2010 07:26 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    appeal, back, calling, care, case, companies, company, dealing, forum, function, hard, heal, health, injury, insurance, issues, level, life, pain, plan, process, service, site, surgeon, surgery
    • Replies: 24
    • Views: 1,583
    runagain
    01-31-2011, 09:38 PM Go to last post

  5. Anthem strikes again!

    Started by mmarsh‎, 01-27-2011 07:53 PM
    anthem, blood, care, case, deny, doc, doctors, heard, ice, industry, mad, make, medicine, money, surgery, true, work, wow
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 471
    Cindylou
    01-29-2011, 10:33 AM Go to last post

  6. Am I good? Bad? Or is BCBS-TX just that slippery?

    Started by jss‎, 11-03-2010 05:05 PM
    4 Pages •
    1 2 3 ... 4
    adr, appeal, cervical, doc, effectiveness, fun, good, level, long, medically necessary, outcomes, patients, peer, place, policy, previous, problems, reasons, run, safety, surgery, thing, today, work, year
    • Replies: 35
    • Views: 1,837
    Cindylou
    01-06-2011, 12:05 PM Go to last post

  7. 1st Level Appeal Denial

    Started by bigdogchief76‎, 12-29-2010 07:59 PM
    aetna, appeal, companies, dramatic, fight, fusion, insurance, level, lumbar, lumbar fusion, make, man, medical, wait, war, week, works, wrong
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 374
    Cindylou
    01-03-2011, 02:24 PM Go to last post

  8. Link about New Health Care Claims and Appeals

    Started by bigdogchief76‎, 12-15-2010 07:04 PM
    appeal, appropriateness, association, cost, diagnosis, effectiveness, evidence, failure, free, heal, health, human, information, insurance, labor, level, medical, older, outcome, patient, significant, time, treatment, year, years
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 340
    Gilbert P
    12-15-2010, 08:18 PM Go to last post

  9. Arrow The Insurance Warrior News -- Employers and insurers: Dangerous Liaison?

    Started by Justin‎, 12-05-2010 05:55 PM
    back, bone, chronic, companies, cost, families, free, heal, health, health insurance, insurance, insurance warrior, labor, life, marrow, medical, money, paying, range, short, spine patient society, surgery, warrior, work, years
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 952
    bigdogchief76
    12-11-2010, 02:23 PM Go to last post

  10. Support BCBS Companies Covering ADR

    Started by Researcher‎, 11-01-2010 02:51 PM
    adr, artificial disc replacement, back, bcbs, blue cross blue shield, cervical, cervical adr, cervical artificial disc replacement, companies, current, fda, insurance, insurers, lumbar, lumbar disc replacement, patient, policy, prodisc, spine, spine patient society
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 879
    Researcher
    12-04-2010, 11:26 PM Go to last post

  11. ADR Paid For? Email Me

    Started by Researcher‎, 10-22-2010 08:12 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    adr, appeal, approved, cervical, company, email, future, hybrid, individuals, information, insurance, ion, level, lumbar, matter, note, patients, payment, private, procedure, request, single, submit, support, time
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 1,124
    runagain
    11-08-2010, 05:54 AM Go to last post

  12. Arrow The Insurance Intelligencer - It's All about the Networks

    Started by Justin‎, 10-31-2010 07:14 PM
    age, companies, d.c., difference, disease, effectiveness, free, health insurance, hmo, hospital, insurance, insurance warrior, ion, loss, medical, needed, patients, paying, ppo, safety, surgeon, surgery, treatment, work, years
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 243
    Cindylou
    11-01-2010, 03:33 AM Go to last post

  13. Arrow The Insurance Intelligencer - There is No Such Thing as a PPO

    Started by Justin‎, 10-31-2010 07:06 PM
    back, blood, changing, companies, families, heal, health insurance, insurance, insurance warrior, laurie, laurie todd, level, medical, outcomes, patient, paying, posterior, ppo, read, single, surgery, time, warrior, work
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 225
    Justin
    10-31-2010, 07:06 PM Go to last post

  14. Question Mark Blue Shield -- Artificial Disc Replacement Coverage

    Started by mmarsh‎, 10-21-2010 07:43 PM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 574
    KBear
    10-22-2010, 06:42 PM Go to last post

  15. Anthem BCBS just denied lumbar fusion

    Started by mindya‎, 10-20-2010 09:38 PM
    chiropractic, conservative, ddd, discogram, doctor, failure, fusion, information, instability, life, lumbar, management, massage, medically necessary, mri, normal, pain, pain management, quality of life, site, stability, surgeon, surgery, undergo, years
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 712
    Researcher
    10-21-2010, 11:15 PM Go to last post
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