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Old 03-15-2005, 06:40 PM
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An angel sent me this today.

Dear Charit� Investigators:

It's always a pleasure to let everyone know when good things happen. Today, Aetna, one of the nation's largest health insurers, has determined that the Charit� Artificial Disc is medically necessary for spinal arthroplasty in skeletally mature persons with degenerative disc disease at one level from L4 to S1 who have failed as least six months of conservative care. This should make preauthorizations for patients with Aetna policies much easier to obtain.
You can view Aetna's policy at http://aetna.com/cpb/data/CPBA0591.html
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Old 03-15-2005, 10:54 PM
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Great newz!
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Severe, extensive DDD, considered inoperable by Dr. Regan, Lauressen, & some guy at UCLA. Severe foraminal stenosis (guess they can't operate!) and some spinal cord compression that Lauryssen would fix if gets outta hand.
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Old 03-16-2005, 09:45 AM
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Now we can only hope others are soon to follow!
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3 LVL Fusion Scheduled 4/08
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Old 03-18-2005, 10:19 AM
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agreed. Any chance we can forward this info to UHC to apply some motivation?

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Old 03-18-2005, 11:18 AM
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Amen David. I have UHC as well
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Old 03-18-2005, 12:02 PM
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Make that 3 for UHC, right now I'm being drawn out in their appeals dept. They tell you 15 days, but wait a week and 1/2 before entering it into their system. Then when you call, they tell you 30 days......

I tried calling Care coordination to find out if they are in the process of updating their policy on ADR like Aetna, but I could have gotten more help from a brick.....
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