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Pat: Welcome! It seems to me that I recall several months ago that some insurance companies made an announcement that they were only going to authorize coverage for Pallidotomies performed WITH the micro-electrode recording step in the procedure. I think it was Blue Shield or Blue Cross. They were going to consider Pallidotomies performed WITHOUT this step investigational. That might be a reason why they denied this particular surgery. Does the facility were he was going to have the surgery use this form of the surgery? Carole ([log in to unmask]) >---------- >From: Pat Holland[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Thursday, October 10, 1996 8:20PM >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN >Subject: INTRODUCTION AND HELP > >Hello, I've been on the outside looking in for a while now and finally >decided to join forces. Actually, a friend of mine who is preparing for >a pallidotomy needs some assistance and I assured him this is the place >to get it. His pre-determination by his health insurance (Blue >Cross/Blue Shield of Memphis, TN) turned him down. I'm sure there is >some mistake but has anyone else had a pallidotomy with coverage from >this insurance company? He is scheduled to have this done the end of >October and is very disturbed about the situation. > >Just a little introduction from myself. I am a 50 year-young female and >was diagnosed with PD ten years ago. It was seven years after I was >diagnosed before I found someone else who had PD. I discovered the Young >Parkinson's Support Group via computer and my world has never been the >same since. We started a support group (not young, just regular) and I >have truly been blessed by the nice people I have met along the way. I >have had two pallidotomies done, both on the left side. The first one >was done in Sweden (yes, I was an Alan Bonander follower, too and I miss >him as we all do) and the second one was done 50 miles down I-40 and >across the Mississippi River in Memphis, TN. I won't ramble on any more >but could (and should) write a book about my last ten years. Thanks for >your help for my friend. >