Thanks, Justin and ans. Just to clarify, this is an amendment to our certificate of insurance which has appeared subsequent to my appeal. They have also expanded the written policy regarding artificial disk replacement which they still consider investigational and which now includes some of the incomplete and erroneous wording that appeared in the "independent review" of my appeal. My one consolation is that my appeal may have caused some anxiety (because it was very, very good and thorough) and someone at HealthNet decided they had to cover their a***s--although those a***s look pretty bare to me!
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2001 MVA; C5-C6 disk extruded
ongoing physical therapy, exercise and massage
ESI's, oral prednisone, trigger point injections
foraminal and central stenosis C5/C6 and c6/C7
2007 EMG/nerve conduction shows pattern of chronic radiculopathy
January, 2008: Prestige ST Artificial Disk Replacement, C5/6
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