1 reviews | Active since Jan 2011
Discovery as usual NOT paying VALID claim
Good Morning, we have been fighting with discovery medical for 4 months regarding an MRI, as per our plan it states that:<br> There is no benefit for MRI and CT scans done out-of-hospital, or for MRI and CT scans related to conservative back or neck treatment hospital admission<br> Since the treatment was for a SURGICAL procedure IE NON-CONSERVATIVE treatment, they are now trying to state that the procedure was not PMB related. Our plan allows for MRI's that ARE NOT PMB related as long as the MRI is not related to CONSERVATIVE Treatment. Our original codes for this were unfortunately messed up by Lake Smit, but have since been updated to reflect NON-CONSERVATIVE treatment IE Surgical. Seems Discovery are so desperate NOT to pay they are using excuses that are NOT VALID, they also requested I send a motivational letter as to WHY the MRI was needed - this was done too. THEN we were told that the motivational letter didn't reflect the correct codes. IT IS A LETTER you requested!!! I am tired of dealing with a ground level escalation clerk who has no foresight to actually look retrospectively into the claim as promised by Rishana Singh! I will keep posting till it is PAID!
Thank you for your comment.
I am truly sorry that you remain unhappy with the funding decision regarding the request for an MRI scan. The request was reviewed according to diagnosis and supporting investigative reports confirming the clinical background. As we could not find any link to a Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) diagnosis, the MRI scan is not funded according to your chosen plan type.
I assure you that this was reviewed appropriately by the Medical Review Team.
Regards
Rishana
Thank you for your comment.
I am truly sorry that you remain unhappy with the funding decision regarding the request for an MRI scan. The request was reviewed according to diagnosis and supporting investigative reports confirming the clinical background. As we could not find any link to a Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) diagnosis, the MRI scan is not funded according to your chosen plan type.
I assure you that this was reviewed appropriately by the Medical Review Team.
Regards
Rishana
