Provisional yay
Jul. 8th, 2015 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
monkey5sGot a call from the vascular surgeon's office today. Insurance HAS approved the varicose vein procedure. I told her I was a bit taken aback at the letter they had sent, rejecting it. Particularly the part where they stated I had not had the 3-month compression treatment. She said when she read that, she called them up and asked if they were crazy, since that was part of what she faxed them. They claimed they did not receive that page, so she asked if she could send them JUST that page? And so they have approved both veins on the right leg, but only the worse one on the left. (which... the left is the leg where the edema has made the skin break down, and only doing the one means edema will STILL BE A PROBLEM. Oh well.)
The provisional yay is because now I have to talk to the business office for the practice. This is so they can tell me how much I will have to cover, as in how much slack (between what they charge and what insurance allows) will they require me to pay. Not even including the deductible that the insurer will stick me with. So this isn't a done deal, but at least it's farther along.
Also, I am not sure how, if at all, this will affect my immediate problem, of the sore(s) on my bad ankle that heal as others open up. I'm running through all the first aid creams I can find, and so far the one that helps the most is a zinc cream I can only find at CVS. Oh well. Just keep plugging along.
The provisional yay is because now I have to talk to the business office for the practice. This is so they can tell me how much I will have to cover, as in how much slack (between what they charge and what insurance allows) will they require me to pay. Not even including the deductible that the insurer will stick me with. So this isn't a done deal, but at least it's farther along.
Also, I am not sure how, if at all, this will affect my immediate problem, of the sore(s) on my bad ankle that heal as others open up. I'm running through all the first aid creams I can find, and so far the one that helps the most is a zinc cream I can only find at CVS. Oh well. Just keep plugging along.
