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Am I understanding this correctly? No LLMD's take health insurance? You can't submit at all?
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silvermoon, every drs. office is different but MAJORITY DO NOT TAKE INSURANCE! it's all OUT OF POCKET expenses!! ******************************
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The doctors in Baltimore that I recommend do not take insurance, but you can submit their bill to the insurance company and usually they will pay some of it. Mine paid about one third.
Also, your insurance will likely pay for the prescriptions you are given. (Mine did.) So, your insurance still helps you.
It's just that you have to pay for each of your visits and then you ask your insurance company to reimburse YOU. The docs don't get involved in the insurance end of it.
Since these docs are costly, I suggest you look over the lyme symptoms listed in the Dr. Joseph Burrascano guidelines and if you think there is a good possibility that you have lyme once you have read this material, then go ahead and schedule an appointment to see one.
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My LLMD is actually in my network of doctors (I'm in a PPO) and he takes my insurance. I only pay my co-pay of $10. I also got reimbursed for the Igenex tests he ran. I had to pay upfront and then fill out the form but my insurance paid 100%.
Most insurances and doctor's billing procedures are different.
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I did make an appt with a LLMD, kind of a long wait to get in but that's the way it goes.
And the insurance will be the way you said TF--- so if some of it's paid that's better than none. Yay!
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