You Can Fight Medicare or Insurance Denials and Get the Atrial Fibrillation Treatments or Medicines You Need
Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by Mellanie
If you have a problem getting Medicare, Medicare Advantage, or your health insurance plan to cover an atrial fibrillation treatment, such as an afib medication, catheter ablation, or mini maze surgery, you don’t have to take “no” for an answer. You can push back by requesting a “coverage determination” or submitting an appeal.
To learn how, read: How to Push Back if Medicare or Other Health Insurance Says “No” to Atrial Fibrillation Treatment
“If you have a problem getting Medicare, Medicare Advantage, or your health insurance plan to cover an atrial fibrillation treatment, such as an afib medication, catheter ablation, or mini maze surgery …”
Wait! Whoa! Stop right there!
Why does every health problem have to have a chemical or surgical solution?
Most health problems are caused by lifestyle. Why don’t doctors send more patients for lifestyle training with dietitians, diabetes educators, endocrinologists and exercise therapists, instead of prescribing one-size-fits-all medications?
Jim,
I’ve never heard of insurance denying access to the professionals you mention, and insurance denials is the subject of this post.
No one said that you shouldn’t try these other interventions first. In fact, most of us afibbers try to solve the problem with lifestyle changes FIRST before trying other procedures. It’s when lifestyle changes don’t work, as is usually the case for afib, that we turn to other procedures.
When it comes to afib, dieticians can certainly help, but can you enlighten us as to how exercise therapists can help with afib?
Mellanie