Can Dialysis be Denied? Please Help!

[BattleScars]

Also, if you don't have insurance I believe you can go to the hospital to get dialysis... of course you will have the bills to contend with until you get insurance situated but you should be able to get dialysis one way or the other. Also, if you don't have insurance I believe you can go to the hospital to get dialysis... of course you will have the bills to contend with until you get insurance situated but you should be able to get dialysis one way or the other.

Impractical, since:

- Hospitals perform a wallet biopsy for all but emergency procedures, and if the biopsy comes up "no cash", treatment is not done.
- You do NOT want to let D go to the point where you are an emergency
- Hospital protocol may require their MD supervise the procedure ($$$$ consult on top of treatment fee).   
- The "rack rate" for D is WAY above what insurance companies negotiate.  FMC is paid $339 by my insurance carrier, but bills over $3000 per HD treatment rack rate
- You have no negotiating power to pay less than rack rate, and you can be bankrupted by "pay in advance no insurance negotiator D."

Remember, money is what drives D.

Sadly you are right. We make them all A LOT of money.

[Sydnee]

Been thinking about your problem. What I would do.... If I knew where I was moving is call and the dialysis units around where you are moving. Talk to the SWs I would hope 1 or more may have info and ideas for you.