Rejected by transplant center due to no insurance...grrrrr!

[emma67834]

I got the news today that his supplemental BCBS insurance will be efective 5/1/2011 hallelujah!!!!! I am calling the transplant unit tomorrow to see what all we need to do now! This has been almost a year getting him to this point and I know we will have many more to go down. Let's hope that this means from here on out it is good news!!!

[murf]

I;m sorry but I just don;t get the USA system. How can they refuse a possible transplant to what in the long run comes down to money. I don't blame you for being frustrated. we have our own gremlins in Australia but nothing like this.

[Chris]

murf, I think it's because we are paying off the doctors and nurses student loans because they keep paying the minimum amount on the loan and do not prioritize their spending 

[Jie]

I think the reason is that there are not enough kidneys for everyone. The patients who get the kidneys should not lose it due to financial reasons. For living donor transplants, there should not be so stricted on financial issues.  The money spent on transplant can be earned back from dialysis within 2 years. For me, it saves money a few months after transplant due to extremely high charge of dialysis on my private insurance.

[Marina]

heh i finally got the guts to ask about transplant, 2 weeks ago, and nobody has done a thing. every treatment, i mention it, and every treatment it gets shrugged off... Oh, ill let her know, Oh ok, ill be right there, Oh... blah blah, and they never do anything.
it took me a long time to get the guts to even mention it, now i want it!

I eally hope this works out for u. im sorry we all have to deal with this bs.

Why even   ask  the  dialysis  nurses??  they  can't  give you a  referral anyways.
Talk  to your  neph   or  call  the  TX  center  directly.
The  first  time  around  when  I  wanted  a  TX,   I  called  the  TX  hospital  myself.    They  in  turn  called  insurance  company  to verify  I  had  coverage.   Since my  insurance didn't  have a  contract  with  such  hospital, they  sent  me  a  denial  letter,  but  two  days later  sent  an  approved  referral  for  the  TX center  they  have a   contract  with.
I  later  changed  my  mind  about  a  TX,  until  4yrs  later.    I  then had to  have  my  neph  sent for  a referral  from  insurance  co.

[Willis]

UPDATE

Now that I'm on Medicare (started D last week) I've received a letter from my transplant center scheduling my first appointment to start the ball rolling. Better late than never!

 

[Marina]

UPDATE

Now that I'm on Medicare (started D last week) I've received a letter from my transplant center scheduling my first appointment to start the ball rolling. Better late than never!

 

    Good  luck !!!

[Willis]

UPDATE: Finally got my letter stating that I'm officially approved for Medicare. I'm now scheduled for my initial transplant center seminar next month. First step on a long road!

 

[paris]

Willis -- yeah!  Having Medicare will open many doors and you can move forward.  I am very excited for you.  I'm hoping your road will be a short journey. At my transplant center, one patient got a kidney after 6 weeks on the list!   I hope that is you!!   

[Chris]

Take notes at the seminar and if you have one, a voice recorder (also might be one on cell phone)  that you can review to think of questions to ask later or use to look up things.

[MooseMom]

That's outstanding news!!!