<t>I also have 2 girls born with bpi. Sarah born at 40 weeks, 8 bls 12 oz, pitocin induction, just had surgery at Boston Childrens. They had felt her hand and elbow had recovered 90% and her shoulder 85%. Emily was born at 38 weeks, 8 lbs 4 oz, pitocin induction and even knowing and trying to preven...

<t>Jeannine, find out what it takes to go out of network, follow their rules but when push moves to shove, stand your ground. Make sure to get all the recommendations from your doctors in writing because although they do send them to the insurance company, it doesn't hurt to have them yourself in th...

Hi Pam, you have come to a great source of a variety of information. We live in NH and go to Boston Children's Hospital. Dr Waters is the doctor we see there. Please let me know if you'd like more information. Best of luck to you and your son.

<t>Francine, it sounds as though you have done a great job preparing not only Maia but her school friends as well. I found that including the friends is very important because you never know if kids will find change interesting or scary and when it involves your child, you don't want others to be sc...

<t>I know that there are appeals and normally I wouldn't mind running the race by their rules. However, this is just after surgery. There isn't a lot of time to mess around with their 20 working day turn around time. Historically, they deny us again regardless of the documentation that we have provi...

<t>Thank your for all your support. Our insurance is a HMO. It isn't that there dening that she should have it, there just isn't a provider within "their network" therefore, they don't want to pay. <br/> <br/> A bunch of crap is a great way to phrase it. In the event we go to media, at least it will...

<t>I just need to vent. Our insurance company, after a week, still has denied covering Sarah's post-op PT. I have contacted the provider's that they have told me and those providers are unable to treat her 1 due to staff on leave of absense, the other because we do not live in the same county. My lo...

<t>I was wondering if anyone has ever considered or looked into suing their insurance company for failure to provide needed services, maybe there is a better term for it. Basically, my insurance company denied coverage to Sarah at what I would consider critical times in her recovery. From 11-12 mont...

<t>Debbie, I understand. Sarah, almost 4 and Emily 2 1/2 keep me very busy not to mention working full time, keeping up a house (forget about the laundry) and all the necessities of a bpi injury. Sarah just had her cast off yesterday and we will be starting in again with serious therapy, up to 3 tim...

<t>Sarah had her cast off today. She brought her arm down immediately, with a look of discomfort on her face. She hasn't used it much, as though she still had the cast on. She is sore and told me she'd prefer to not do much with it tonight. I said that was fine but that stretching and range of motio...