home IVS

[wanderlost]

So, I am going ot inquire about home IVs on Friday when I go to my clinic apt. but i called my (crappy) insurance company today to find out what I needed to do and if they would pay, and the lady said my doc has to write a letter of medical necessity. She then asked me if I was home bound as she said that is usually why they approve it.

Is it enough for my doc to simply say that it is necessary that I have to have such and such IV med for three weeks but because I have small children I cannot go to the hospital to get it and thus have to do it at home, or should I have them concot some other reason????

Being admitted to the hospital is not an option right now, so if I can't get home care I am not going to do the IVs. I don't think the IVs are of dire necessity right now - I still respond really well to cipro, but IVS are better for breastfeeding and I don't want to have a third course of orals going to the babe - plus I am just curious what a good round of IVS will do for my PFTS??

 

[wanderlost]

So, I am going ot inquire about home IVs on Friday when I go to my clinic apt. but i called my (crappy) insurance company today to find out what I needed to do and if they would pay, and the lady said my doc has to write a letter of medical necessity. She then asked me if I was home bound as she said that is usually why they approve it.

Is it enough for my doc to simply say that it is necessary that I have to have such and such IV med for three weeks but because I have small children I cannot go to the hospital to get it and thus have to do it at home, or should I have them concot some other reason????

Being admitted to the hospital is not an option right now, so if I can't get home care I am not going to do the IVs. I don't think the IVs are of dire necessity right now - I still respond really well to cipro, but IVS are better for breastfeeding and I don't want to have a third course of orals going to the babe - plus I am just curious what a good round of IVS will do for my PFTS??

 

[wanderlost]

So, I am going ot inquire about home IVs on Friday when I go to my clinic apt. but i called my (crappy) insurance company today to find out what I needed to do and if they would pay, and the lady said my doc has to write a letter of medical necessity. She then asked me if I was home bound as she said that is usually why they approve it.

Is it enough for my doc to simply say that it is necessary that I have to have such and such IV med for three weeks but because I have small children I cannot go to the hospital to get it and thus have to do it at home, or should I have them concot some other reason????

Being admitted to the hospital is not an option right now, so if I can't get home care I am not going to do the IVs. I don't think the IVs are of dire necessity right now - I still respond really well to cipro, but IVS are better for breastfeeding and I don't want to have a third course of orals going to the babe - plus I am just curious what a good round of IVS will do for my PFTS??

 

[wanderlost]

So, I am going ot inquire about home IVs on Friday when I go to my clinic apt. but i called my (crappy) insurance company today to find out what I needed to do and if they would pay, and the lady said my doc has to write a letter of medical necessity. She then asked me if I was home bound as she said that is usually why they approve it.

Is it enough for my doc to simply say that it is necessary that I have to have such and such IV med for three weeks but because I have small children I cannot go to the hospital to get it and thus have to do it at home, or should I have them concot some other reason????

Being admitted to the hospital is not an option right now, so if I can't get home care I am not going to do the IVs. I don't think the IVs are of dire necessity right now - I still respond really well to cipro, but IVS are better for breastfeeding and I don't want to have a third course of orals going to the babe - plus I am just curious what a good round of IVS will do for my PFTS??

 

[wanderlost]

So, I am going ot inquire about home IVs on Friday when I go to my clinic apt. but i called my (crappy) insurance company today to find out what I needed to do and if they would pay, and the lady said my doc has to write a letter of medical necessity. She then asked me if I was home bound as she said that is usually why they approve it.

Is it enough for my doc to simply say that it is necessary that I have to have such and such IV med for three weeks but because I have small children I cannot go to the hospital to get it and thus have to do it at home, or should I have them concot some other reason????

Being admitted to the hospital is not an option right now, so if I can't get home care I am not going to do the IVs. I don't think the IVs are of dire necessity right now - I still respond really well to cipro, but IVS are better for breastfeeding and I don't want to have a third course of orals going to the babe - plus I am just curious what a good round of IVS will do for my PFTS??

 

[Emily65Roses]

Ignore the children, they won't care. Get your doctor to write a letter of medical necessity based on your susceptibility to all the nasty and resistant bacteria that lingers in the hospital. Even the cleanest hospitals are the easiest places to pick up MORE bacteria. The insurance company would be wise to look at it as a preventative... they pay for home IVs, and they don't have to pay for more care when you get a resistant bacteria.

 

[Emily65Roses]

Ignore the children, they won't care. Get your doctor to write a letter of medical necessity based on your susceptibility to all the nasty and resistant bacteria that lingers in the hospital. Even the cleanest hospitals are the easiest places to pick up MORE bacteria. The insurance company would be wise to look at it as a preventative... they pay for home IVs, and they don't have to pay for more care when you get a resistant bacteria.

 

[Emily65Roses]

Ignore the children, they won't care. Get your doctor to write a letter of medical necessity based on your susceptibility to all the nasty and resistant bacteria that lingers in the hospital. Even the cleanest hospitals are the easiest places to pick up MORE bacteria. The insurance company would be wise to look at it as a preventative... they pay for home IVs, and they don't have to pay for more care when you get a resistant bacteria.

 

[Emily65Roses]

Ignore the children, they won't care. Get your doctor to write a letter of medical necessity based on your susceptibility to all the nasty and resistant bacteria that lingers in the hospital. Even the cleanest hospitals are the easiest places to pick up MORE bacteria. The insurance company would be wise to look at it as a preventative... they pay for home IVs, and they don't have to pay for more care when you get a resistant bacteria.

 

[Emily65Roses]

Ignore the children, they won't care. Get your doctor to write a letter of medical necessity based on your susceptibility to all the nasty and resistant bacteria that lingers in the hospital. Even the cleanest hospitals are the easiest places to pick up MORE bacteria. The insurance company would be wise to look at it as a preventative... they pay for home IVs, and they don't have to pay for more care when you get a resistant bacteria.

 

[Diane]

Any time i've had home iv's all my Dr. did was call my insurance company and tell them and the home infusion service would be out that night and insert the iv and i'd start my treatment right away. Then my Dr would have to follow up with a letter of medical necessity. Most times the medical insurance companys like the idea of home iv's because it is a lot cheaper than being in the hospital. Its entirely possible after iv's you will be feeling a lot better and it may reflect on your pft's, especially since this isnt something you do often. Good luck and i hope you feel fantastic afterwards <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Diane]

Any time i've had home iv's all my Dr. did was call my insurance company and tell them and the home infusion service would be out that night and insert the iv and i'd start my treatment right away. Then my Dr would have to follow up with a letter of medical necessity. Most times the medical insurance companys like the idea of home iv's because it is a lot cheaper than being in the hospital. Its entirely possible after iv's you will be feeling a lot better and it may reflect on your pft's, especially since this isnt something you do often. Good luck and i hope you feel fantastic afterwards <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Diane]

Any time i've had home iv's all my Dr. did was call my insurance company and tell them and the home infusion service would be out that night and insert the iv and i'd start my treatment right away. Then my Dr would have to follow up with a letter of medical necessity. Most times the medical insurance companys like the idea of home iv's because it is a lot cheaper than being in the hospital. Its entirely possible after iv's you will be feeling a lot better and it may reflect on your pft's, especially since this isnt something you do often. Good luck and i hope you feel fantastic afterwards <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Diane]

Any time i've had home iv's all my Dr. did was call my insurance company and tell them and the home infusion service would be out that night and insert the iv and i'd start my treatment right away. Then my Dr would have to follow up with a letter of medical necessity. Most times the medical insurance companys like the idea of home iv's because it is a lot cheaper than being in the hospital. Its entirely possible after iv's you will be feeling a lot better and it may reflect on your pft's, especially since this isnt something you do often. Good luck and i hope you feel fantastic afterwards <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Diane]

Any time i've had home iv's all my Dr. did was call my insurance company and tell them and the home infusion service would be out that night and insert the iv and i'd start my treatment right away. Then my Dr would have to follow up with a letter of medical necessity. Most times the medical insurance companys like the idea of home iv's because it is a lot cheaper than being in the hospital. Its entirely possible after iv's you will be feeling a lot better and it may reflect on your pft's, especially since this isnt something you do often. Good luck and i hope you feel fantastic afterwards <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[AnD]

Hmmm, usually my social worker at clinic handles all that for me, but I go in for a day (and pay the big per day copays for the first however many days it is now), and my insurance is happy to send me home with IVs, and has paid 100% in the past (I haven't been in since my insurance changed last Oct., but I don't think that part changed- it is cheaper for my insurance company, so it makes sense <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ).

The only thing I remember being told about "homebound" is that my insurance company may want me to be homebound during treatment, but I figure if I can get a 2 hour pass out at the hospital, I can probably get one for home IVs too.

Maybe your doctor can write a letter saying that, since it is cold and flu season, he doesn't <i>want</i> you to be in the hospital for your IV therapy, or that it may prove counterproductive. Whenever I go in the hospital, it seems I always catch something else <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0"> , so I do everything I can to go home on IVs.

I think that being a stay at home mom with 3 kids, and doing IVs at the same time would qualify you as homebound <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . IV meds tend to wipe me out, and I don't want to go much of anywhere anyways...though my daughter goes for a few hours, so I can get some rest- thank you Lord for grandmothers and aunts! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

I'm sure your doctor/nurse/social worker has had to work around this kind of thing before, just get with them and see what they say <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> . Good luck!

 

[AnD]

Hmmm, usually my social worker at clinic handles all that for me, but I go in for a day (and pay the big per day copays for the first however many days it is now), and my insurance is happy to send me home with IVs, and has paid 100% in the past (I haven't been in since my insurance changed last Oct., but I don't think that part changed- it is cheaper for my insurance company, so it makes sense <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ).

The only thing I remember being told about "homebound" is that my insurance company may want me to be homebound during treatment, but I figure if I can get a 2 hour pass out at the hospital, I can probably get one for home IVs too.

Maybe your doctor can write a letter saying that, since it is cold and flu season, he doesn't <i>want</i> you to be in the hospital for your IV therapy, or that it may prove counterproductive. Whenever I go in the hospital, it seems I always catch something else <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0"> , so I do everything I can to go home on IVs.

I think that being a stay at home mom with 3 kids, and doing IVs at the same time would qualify you as homebound <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . IV meds tend to wipe me out, and I don't want to go much of anywhere anyways...though my daughter goes for a few hours, so I can get some rest- thank you Lord for grandmothers and aunts! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

I'm sure your doctor/nurse/social worker has had to work around this kind of thing before, just get with them and see what they say <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> . Good luck!

 

[AnD]

Hmmm, usually my social worker at clinic handles all that for me, but I go in for a day (and pay the big per day copays for the first however many days it is now), and my insurance is happy to send me home with IVs, and has paid 100% in the past (I haven't been in since my insurance changed last Oct., but I don't think that part changed- it is cheaper for my insurance company, so it makes sense <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ).

The only thing I remember being told about "homebound" is that my insurance company may want me to be homebound during treatment, but I figure if I can get a 2 hour pass out at the hospital, I can probably get one for home IVs too.

Maybe your doctor can write a letter saying that, since it is cold and flu season, he doesn't <i>want</i> you to be in the hospital for your IV therapy, or that it may prove counterproductive. Whenever I go in the hospital, it seems I always catch something else <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0"> , so I do everything I can to go home on IVs.

I think that being a stay at home mom with 3 kids, and doing IVs at the same time would qualify you as homebound <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . IV meds tend to wipe me out, and I don't want to go much of anywhere anyways...though my daughter goes for a few hours, so I can get some rest- thank you Lord for grandmothers and aunts! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

I'm sure your doctor/nurse/social worker has had to work around this kind of thing before, just get with them and see what they say <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> . Good luck!

 

[AnD]

Hmmm, usually my social worker at clinic handles all that for me, but I go in for a day (and pay the big per day copays for the first however many days it is now), and my insurance is happy to send me home with IVs, and has paid 100% in the past (I haven't been in since my insurance changed last Oct., but I don't think that part changed- it is cheaper for my insurance company, so it makes sense <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ).

The only thing I remember being told about "homebound" is that my insurance company may want me to be homebound during treatment, but I figure if I can get a 2 hour pass out at the hospital, I can probably get one for home IVs too.

Maybe your doctor can write a letter saying that, since it is cold and flu season, he doesn't <i>want</i> you to be in the hospital for your IV therapy, or that it may prove counterproductive. Whenever I go in the hospital, it seems I always catch something else <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0"> , so I do everything I can to go home on IVs.

I think that being a stay at home mom with 3 kids, and doing IVs at the same time would qualify you as homebound <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . IV meds tend to wipe me out, and I don't want to go much of anywhere anyways...though my daughter goes for a few hours, so I can get some rest- thank you Lord for grandmothers and aunts! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

I'm sure your doctor/nurse/social worker has had to work around this kind of thing before, just get with them and see what they say <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> . Good luck!

 

[AnD]

Hmmm, usually my social worker at clinic handles all that for me, but I go in for a day (and pay the big per day copays for the first however many days it is now), and my insurance is happy to send me home with IVs, and has paid 100% in the past (I haven't been in since my insurance changed last Oct., but I don't think that part changed- it is cheaper for my insurance company, so it makes sense <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ).

The only thing I remember being told about "homebound" is that my insurance company may want me to be homebound during treatment, but I figure if I can get a 2 hour pass out at the hospital, I can probably get one for home IVs too.

Maybe your doctor can write a letter saying that, since it is cold and flu season, he doesn't <i>want</i> you to be in the hospital for your IV therapy, or that it may prove counterproductive. Whenever I go in the hospital, it seems I always catch something else <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0"> , so I do everything I can to go home on IVs.

I think that being a stay at home mom with 3 kids, and doing IVs at the same time would qualify you as homebound <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . IV meds tend to wipe me out, and I don't want to go much of anywhere anyways...though my daughter goes for a few hours, so I can get some rest- thank you Lord for grandmothers and aunts! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

I'm sure your doctor/nurse/social worker has had to work around this kind of thing before, just get with them and see what they say <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> . Good luck!