Along with all of the complications of bpi comes another more practical one. Health Insurance and your needs... like PT/OT etc..
I found this web page when researching and I was looking because my doctor ordered 25 PT treatments and my insurance ok'd 4 .... I knew that was impossible since I have not been in PT for almost a year now... I checked it out they said that is what my dr. asked for ... he showed me he asked for 12 ... so I started to check out this site... just in case I needed it.
But my insurance came through I found out they always do this. The doctor just has to request more and they give it ... we shall see...
Check this site out if you have any problems with health insurance etc.
This is the Paitent Advocate page
Ensuring equal access to health care for all Americans
http://www.patientadvocate.org/patient.htm
The National Financial Resources Guidebook for Patients: A State-by-State Directory
Patients seeking financial relief for a broad range of needs including housing, utilities, food, transportation to medical treatment, home health care, medical devices, pharmaceutical agents, child care and interim funds to satisfy deductibles in insurance policies to continue assurance of payment for outstanding medical balances comprise the needs of this organization to develop the Financial Resource Guidebook. Choose your state and ALL for information on all programs...
http://data.patientadvocate.org/
There seems to be a great deal of information on Health Care at this site.
Kath