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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.

  1.   Sticky Threads  

  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 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, replacement, shield, spine patient society, sps, texas 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 4,881
    dyates
    12-14-2010, 12:20 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by Justin, 05-04-2009 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: 8
    • Views: 5,000
    lgabrysch
    12-02-2010, 12:06 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by trkdoc714, 09-26-2010 02:48 PM
    act, association, commissioner, contact, info, information, insurance, ion, link, national, state, web
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,333
    rsaylor8326
    10-03-2010, 07:59 AM Go to last post

  5. Announcement 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: 1,966
    Justin
    06-19-2009, 12:33 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by Justin, 06-15-2009 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: 1,032
    Justin
    06-19-2009, 12:09 PM Go to last post

  7.   Normal Threads  

  1. The Insurance Intelligencer -- Case Managers, Patient Advocates, and Rapid Resolution Teams

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 08:30 PM
    advocates, appeal, back, blue, case, ces, companies, day, doctor, heal, health, human, influence, insurance, intelligencer, ion, letter, letters, managers, needed, patient, patterns, post, rapid, resolution, surgery, teams, time, treatment, vacation, win, work
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 232
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 08:30 PM Go to last post

  2. The Insurance Intelligencer -- The Peer Review

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 08:26 PM
    age, appeal, back, compassionate, d.c., day, disease, fda, foundation, grow, heal, health, hospital, insurance, intelligencer, life, medication, patient, peer, radiation, strength, study, surgery, todd, true, work, years
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 170
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 08:26 PM Go to last post

  3. Ask the Insurance Warrior -- What is an independent review? Am I entitled to one?

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 08:20 PM
    age, care, commissioner, cost, disease, entitled, exhausted, heal, health, independent, insurance, insurer, life, medically necessary, medication, needed, options, outcome, patients, policy, precedent, process, sending, surgery, treatment, warrior, work
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 154
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 08:20 PM Go to last post

  4. The Insurance Intelligencer -- Precedent: Proof that Packs a Punch

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 08:08 PM
    appeal, back, companies, cost, disease, heal, health, insurance, intelligencer, internet, ion, level, medical, medication, medicine, money, outcomes, packs, patients, paying, precedent, proof, punch, surgery, todd, treatment, warrior, win, year, years
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 157
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 08:08 PM Go to last post

  5. The Insurance Intelligencer -- The Three Most Powerful Weapons for an Insurance Appeal

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 07:57 PM
    appeal, comparison, control, cost, disease, doctor, general, hard, heal, health, important, insurance, intelligencer, letters, medical, money, outcomes, paying, policy, post, powerful, surgery, time, treatment, true, weapons, weight, work
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 883
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 07:57 PM Go to last post

  6. Ask the Insurance Warrior -- Can I appeal after I undergo my treatment/surgery?

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 07:47 PM
    appeal, call, company, compassionate, email, form, heal, health, hospital, insurance, insurer, letter, life, long, pay, paying, people, shield, surgeon, surgery, treatment, treatment or surgery, undergo, vacation, warrior, weight
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 218
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 07:47 PM Go to last post

  7. Ask the Insurance Warrior -- Why did my appeal letter fail?

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 07:44 PM
    appeal, back, care, disease, doctor, fail, failed, feeling, general, heal, health, insurance, letter, letters, life, medical, outcome, pain, patient, strength, time, treatment, true, warrior, weight, work
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,026
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 07:44 PM Go to last post

  8. Ask the Insurance Warrior -- Should I call the Insurance Commissioner?

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 07:40 PM
    appeal, approach, approved, association, call, care, commissioner, great, heal, health, insurance, insurer, labor, letter, long, medical, national, patients, process, questions, read, scheduled, short, surgery, treatment, warrior, websites
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 418
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 07:40 PM Go to last post

  9. Ask the Insurance Warrior -- Why would I need the Insurance Warrior?

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 07:36 PM
    adults, advent, article, back, calling, care, companies, control, day, disease, financial, heal, health, insurance, letter, life, medical, medications, paying, questions, rapid, resolution, time, treatment, warrior
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 140
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 07:36 PM Go to last post

  10. Ask the Insurance Warrior -- How to Break Free of the Telephone Quicksand of Insurer "Customer Care"

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 07:30 PM
    appeal, back, balance, break, calling, care, customer care, day, free, heal, health, information, insurance, insurer, ion, issues, letter, mary, medical, options, patient, process, quicksand, short, single, surgery, telephone, time, treatment, warrior
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 178
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 07:30 PM Go to last post

  11. Ask the Insurance Warrior -- What does "medically necessary" mean?

    Started by Justin, 06-18-2009 07:19 PM
    age, appeal, back, care, clinical trial, diagnosis, disease, doctor, heal, health, insurance, ion, level, life, medically necessary, needed, outcomes, patients, read, study, surgery, time, treatment, warrior, work, years
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 379
    Justin
    06-18-2009, 07:19 PM Go to last post
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