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Originally Posted by Sandra L

I haven't been able to find other posts that explain this. Does Delamarter have special powers, how is this possible? Do insurance companies pay for surgeries before they are FDA approved under "research"?



Can anyone explain why paulam was able to get coverage way back in 2004 and how could he have gotten a 3-level cervical at that time?


Sandy

Sandy,

I was part of a clinical trial out of Delemarter's medical practice although with a different surgeon. Perhaps the person you referred to was part of a clinical trial as well? If that is the case then insurance would be billed as they would for a standard fusion, and the actual ADR device would be paid for as part of the trial. That's how it worked in my case at least. I ended up with a fusion anyways so it was covered like any other surgery. But had I been randomized for the ADR's my insurance would not have seen any different costs... it would have been absorbed through the trial itself.

I got insurance approval without any issues...