I have medicare and originally I switched to Humana Medicare Advantage to take advantage to the lower co payments and out of pocket costs. But, the one thing I dislike very much is I have been waiting approximately TWO months to get approval to have shots done in the joints of my lumbar spine.
I did originally get approved in December but the pain management doctor was so booked he couldn't schedule the shot until after the new year. But Humana only approved the shots to be done by the end of December. A few minutes ago I called the Doctors office and they told me they did resend to get approval and so I have been waiting and waiting. Tired of waiting..
My question is has anybody had Humana Medicare and dropped it and went back to straight medicare? Its my understanding that with regular medical you don't have to get approved.
Thanks for the answer because I am about to drop Humana in the next week.
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rpowell01
I have medicare and originally I switched to Humana Medicare Advantage to take advantage to the lower co payments and out of pocket costs. But, the one thing I dislike very much is I have been waiting approximately TWO months to get approval to have shots done in the joints of my lumbar spine.
I did originally get approved in December but the pain management doctor was so booked he couldn't schedule the shot until after the new year. But Humana only approved the shots to be done by the end of December. A few minutes ago I called the Doctors office and they told me they did resend to get approval and so I have been waiting and waiting. Tired of waiting..
My question is has anybody had Humana Medicare and dropped it and went back to straight medicare? Its my understanding that with regular medical you don't have to get approved.
Thanks for the answer because I am about to drop Humana in the next week.
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I dropped Humana Medicare effective January 31st. and the plan I had was a medicare PPO but everything had to get preapproved. I called them and they said I needed to send them a letter. So I wrote on
Chuck75
What you are experiencing is the difference between "PPO" and "HMO" plans. PPO is closer to standard Medicare for approval practices.
Chuck75
The Medicare Advantage companies get paid by both medicare and the insured. Obviously, they are in business to make money. That said, Medicare standards, payment, practices, etc. should be the minim
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