Posted by theDreamer on October 11, 2009 at 16:29:14:In Reply to: Negotiating insurance over MMA posted by ejy2 on October 11, 2009 at 12:11:53:
Aetna covered my MMA with Dr. RP as in-network. A simple appeal in my case to Aetna did the trick. The argument used was that there was no other "local surgeon" who was in-network, qualified to do MMA. Dr. RP's office followed up and got the pre-approval in writing.