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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 429808" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Wow...they have it in my state just a bit far from me so I will have to call the hospitals and see if I have to have my gp refer me or if I can self refer. I wonder if medicare has approved this? Well, no way to tell but call! Well that was strange.</p><p></p><p>I called one place and the insurance lady who deals with medicare is out to lunch so I had to leave a number and she will call back so that makes sense. I called another and a woman answered immediately like it was a home phone. I asked if this was dr x number, yes. Ok, I explained what I was calling about and asked if there was an insurance person available to ask if medicare/medicaid would possibly pay for this surgery. She tells me I would have to call medicare/medicaid myself! huh? first of all, I have never gotten a straight answer out of medicare in my life. What I want to know is if medicare has ever paid for it! Not if they will pay for mine off the bat! I realize that they have to see me and do testing etc. </p><p></p><p>So now this woman wants me to go to my ortho who I actually havent seen in about oh at least 18 months or so and get my old surgical notes sent to her along with my insurance info and all that. I dont guess my ortho will have a problem with it since he doesnt do the procedure. I think I am going to wait until the other woman calls me back though before running all over heck and half of Georgia only to get told that Medicare has never paid for this!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 429808, member: 1514"] Wow...they have it in my state just a bit far from me so I will have to call the hospitals and see if I have to have my gp refer me or if I can self refer. I wonder if medicare has approved this? Well, no way to tell but call! Well that was strange. I called one place and the insurance lady who deals with medicare is out to lunch so I had to leave a number and she will call back so that makes sense. I called another and a woman answered immediately like it was a home phone. I asked if this was dr x number, yes. Ok, I explained what I was calling about and asked if there was an insurance person available to ask if medicare/medicaid would possibly pay for this surgery. She tells me I would have to call medicare/medicaid myself! huh? first of all, I have never gotten a straight answer out of medicare in my life. What I want to know is if medicare has ever paid for it! Not if they will pay for mine off the bat! I realize that they have to see me and do testing etc. So now this woman wants me to go to my ortho who I actually havent seen in about oh at least 18 months or so and get my old surgical notes sent to her along with my insurance info and all that. I dont guess my ortho will have a problem with it since he doesnt do the procedure. I think I am going to wait until the other woman calls me back though before running all over heck and half of Georgia only to get told that Medicare has never paid for this! [/QUOTE]
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