I was approved!!

LisaD0365 · Apr 22, 2005

My insurance approved 100% for my INratio...so happy.....

...now don't have to get hurt when they try to find a vein....I am such a hard poke...whenever I am in the hospital I usually get a PICK line or Arterial line....since my veins tend to disappear....my doctor never even heard of it till QAS faxed them over the papers for him to sign to get approval...actually....hubby was upset since he now has the attitude....if there are machines that only require a finger stick...why can't all hospitals use it...

geebee · Apr 22, 2005

Great news Lisa. And at 100%, too!! I had a 20% copay but it was still worth it.

Have fun. Does that sound like a confusing suggestion? It is actually fun and a joy to use because you no longer have those dumb arm bruises. I always feel like I did when I was "playing" with my first chemistry set (except nothing to blow up).

The INRatio is a great little machine.

catwoman · Apr 22, 2005

Lisa:

I know how excited you feel ... I got approval for mine right before Thanksgiving 2003, received the machine the day before Turkey Day. I was beaming from ear to ear, took the machine over to my parents' house for Thanksgiving, showed everyone.

You'd think I'd given birth to a baby ...

My guess is that hospitals want to be vampires about blood draws.

lance · Apr 22, 2005

Fabulous

Fabulous

That's great--insurance will pay. I feel your excitement.

Guest · Apr 22, 2005

There is a great deal of politics in the decision of what things to use in hospitals. Let me give you an example.

A hospital had a problem with too many patients getting bedsores. The administartion of the hospital instituted a major program to solve this. They hired many more nursing assistants and had an extensive training program to make everyone conscious of the need to turn people frequently to avoid this. The money spent was made up from needing fewer high-tech beds. They got so good at the program that the bedsore rate went down to almost 0. They had an accreditation survey and were told that they were underreporting bedsores because nobody could have a rate of 0. New administrators came in and looked at where budgets could be cut. One place was less training for the nursing assistants - get 'em out on the floor sooner. The sales rep who rented the high-tech beds to the hospital was told by his/her bosses to get revenue up - or else. So there was a big outing for the doctors (like playing golf with top execs of the company) where the benefits of the beds were mentioned. Well, guess what. The adminsitrators got the desired budget cuts. The patients didn't get turned as much. The company rented more beds. The surveyors were happy to see a "reasonable" rate of bedsores. Everyone except U No Hoo lived happily ever after.