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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: 4,622
    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: 4,492
    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: 1,075
    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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    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: 1,795
    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. New to site--seeking insurance help!

    Started by mindya‎, 10-19-2010 08:02 PM
    conservative, discogram, doctor, fusion, instability, insurance, insurance approval, insurance denial, lumbar, massage, mri, pain, pain management, spinal fusion, spine, stability, surgeon, surgery
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 268
    KBear
    10-19-2010, 10:06 PM Go to last post

  2. Insurance

    Started by roboback‎, 09-29-2010 04:00 PM
    adr, back, claim, condition, doc, doctor, due, heal, health, insurance, ion, level, meds, month, surgery
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 297
    runagain
    10-01-2010, 12:49 AM Go to last post

  3. complications and insurance coverage

    Started by herniated C6-7‎, 08-24-2010 12:08 PM
    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: 523
    runagain
    08-30-2010, 12:56 AM Go to last post

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

    Started by pochofeo‎, 08-16-2010 09:06 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: 707
    Susanna
    08-22-2010, 02:58 AM Go to last post

  5. Columbia University web site looks promising?

    Started by pochofeo‎, 08-17-2010 11:43 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: 269
    trkdoc714
    08-21-2010, 03:43 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by KBear‎, 07-13-2010 10:49 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: 555
    Jack-of-all-trades
    08-19-2010, 07:12 PM Go to last post

  7. Any specific information re Anthem BC of CA?

    Started by herniated C6-7‎, 08-19-2010 01:08 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: 242
    KBear
    08-19-2010, 01:26 PM Go to last post

  8. Health Insurance Deductibles

    Started by Bnathanb1982‎, 08-09-2010 10:27 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: 270
    Greg
    08-15-2010, 09:21 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by Jack-of-all-trades‎, 08-15-2010 12:26 AM
    area, birthday, company, doc, doctor, doctors, family, good, hospital, insurance, interesting, make, medicaid, medicare, men, or or, patient, pay, read
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 216
    KBear
    08-15-2010, 11:21 AM Go to last post

  10. Smile New member with cervical stenosis on 2 levels (Denied by Anthem BC of CA for the Prodisc-C Implant)

    Started by madigje‎, 08-08-2010 04:39 PM
    adr, anthem, appeal, back, cervical, company, dealing, denied, forum, heal, health, implant, insurance, ion, level, levels, member, new member, process, prodisc, prodisc-c, stenosis, surgery, won, years
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 575
    jss
    08-09-2010, 01:43 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by Justin‎, 07-29-2010 02:06 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: 394
    Greg
    07-30-2010, 03:24 AM Go to last post

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

    Started by Greg‎, 07-05-2010 08:38 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: 450
    Cindylou
    07-06-2010, 01:53 AM Go to last post

  13. Hi everyone - New Member fighting Mercy insurance

    Started by sandysullivan32‎, 06-10-2010 09:47 PM
    cervical, cervical disc, cervical disc replacement, chiropractor, claim, degenerative, degenerative disc, disc replacement, doctor, finally, group, insurance, ion, ions, long, member, pain, patient, physical, physical therapy, replacement, surgeon, travel, treatment, worse
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 538
    sandysullivan32
    06-12-2010, 09:37 AM Go to last post

  14. Determined to feel better! (Need 2 level ADR...Insurance nightmare has begun)

    Started by texas315‎, 05-26-2010 12:45 PM
    adr, bcbs, disc, disc replacement, family, fda, fight, forum, forward, free, fusion, hope, information, ions, level, options, overseas, pain, people, replacement, site, small, support, thing, world
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 748
    KBear
    05-29-2010, 10:35 PM Go to last post

  15. How dare they do that????

    Started by Greg‎, 04-21-2010 02:30 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: 735
    Greg
    05-12-2010, 01:12 AM Go to last post
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