Hi, Pam, Your provider can do wonders in helping you with your insurance. If he/she will, they can dictate a letter to your insurance outlining all of your needs and their requests for a follow-up appointment every (3-6 months) and the reason(s) why. All of the insurance requests must be addressed in that letter. If you talk to the nurse and tell them what is needed, that is usually the first step to getting this done other than an actual office visit. The providers are fighting the same battle with the insurance companies and if everything is not done correctly, it can really cause havoc for all involved.
Good luck! Jeanne Rushton, RN Dayton, WA TM since May of 2005 and fighting the same battles! -------Original Message------- From: Pat Pampel Date: 12/06/07 09:54:24 To: [email protected] Subject: [TMIC] Long Term Disability I have a question regarding LTD insurance. I have been on LTD through my former employer for 3 years and a year ago I was approved for Social Security permanent disability. This is my problem. I have had TM for 17 years and 3 years ago I was diagnosed with MS. My doctors tell me that they only need to see me every 3 to 6 months unless something changes. The problem is that the LTD insurance calls me at least once a month for updates and they want to know why I'm not seeing the doctor more often. Today they called me and said they called the doctor and was told that I cancelled my last appointment. It really upsets me because there really isn't anything more that could be done for me and it is hard for me to make the 1 hr trip to the neuro. Has anyone had this problem? Does anyone know if there is anything I can do about these phone calls from the insurance company. Thanks for you help, Patty
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