I also had ALOT of trouble with UHC receiving faxes from the doctors office too! I just basically kept calling and bugging them to death. My appeal for ADR got denied because, again, they feel it is experimental. They didn't respond in the 15 days they said they would - it was closer to 30 days. I wrote all my local representatives and US Congressman/Senators when I sent my appeal. I got two responses - one was a politically "canned" response. The other was from a State Representative who said they would put in a word with UHC and the state insurance. Unfortunately, it didn't help.
I believe there is something in the way the FDA wrote the approval that there is some sort of loophole that allows the insurance to label it "experimental".
Hugs,
Kat
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1/91 Fell L4/5 L5/S1 herniation
11/92 disketomy-No pain!
3/03 Pain L4/5 L5/S1 DDD
5/04 TBI/Dr Zigler recommends 1 level ADR
4/05 UHC denies Charite. Appealed-Denied again
6/05 Scheduled fusion 6/28
6/05 Fusion cnxl'd-
6/05 Fusion w/NS 7/26 at 7:30am
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