Wednesday, July 16, 2008

informative vote

more information has been requested in order to help you guys vote-----> on whether or not i should take this new job or not. so here's what i found out today. i called paul's insurance and they cover the specialist i'm going to on friday. (his name is doctor bush and that just cracks me up since he is a girly doctor. and by that i don't mean afeminate, i mean...you know...he works in the girly department.) so i'd still be able to go to him. they said that if he bills me as stomach pains or diagnostic i'm covered. if he bills it as infertility i'm not. so i called the doctors office and explained i'm changing coverage and i want to know what all you can code that way because if it's billed as infertility it won't be covered. they said we've got a LOOOONG way before they start billing things as infertility. if i do artificial insemination (i know-TMI but...) then that wouldn't be covered and each round of that would be $1,000. if i do in vitro i'm not covered on either insurance anyway. BUT we don't want to go that far anyway. i am not, in any way, against IVF and i think it's great for couples that can afford it and want to do that. but i just don't want to go through all of that for a big fat maybe. i also asked the doctor if, on friday, they'll be able to give me an answer on how long of a road i might have ahead of me and she said yes. i will be given all kinds of information and options so get ready because she said it's overwhelming. so paul's going to see if he could meet me there on his lunch hour. *whew* that's the scoop. does this help?

4 comments:

Mar said...

I voted :)

Nicole said...

haha Dr. Bush. I get it- That's funny!

Elizabeth Angelo said...

Ha! How can you go wrong with a gyne named Dr. Bush?? It makes sense that they are a long ways off from billing things as "infertility". I imagine there's a lot of diagnostic stuff that would have to be done first. Hope it works out for Paul to go with you on Friday. I also hope you get some answers soon :) So you have to make a decision tomorrow afternoon? I better hurry up and vote!

Brock said...

Well, I voted about the job, but with a disclaimer: don't take a job for the benefits - take a job that will make you happy - unless of course, the benefits will make you happy. In which case go for it.

You know, they used to call me Dr. Bush when I wa -- gotta go