"Continuation of Care" Request may be answer for some to CIGNA/LINKIA limitations
Daniel Gottry
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Title:
"Continuation of Care" Request may be answer for some to CIGNA/LINKIA limitations
Creator:
Daniel Gottry
Date:
9/25/2006
Text:
An email that I just received shares a sad story (www.gottrys.com/leggo ... see Industry Response #11), as CO shares about a patient who is finally receiving the care she deserves is notified that she can no longer continue to see her prosthetist.
The good news is that a CIGNA medical manager seemed to be touched and concerned, suggesting that she complete a Continuation of Care form to continue care by her prosthetist. This is a great approach to recommend to all patients who are being forced to change providers!
In another letter (www.gottrys.com/leggo ... see Industry Response #10), a CPO really hits the bottom line of the interest on the part of insurance companies to align with LINKIA/HANGER. In the process, I think he called me an adverse selection beneficiary . with no offense intended or taken
J
!
The insurance company can limit access to providers, thereby causing them to be fed up and seek insurance elsewhere . reducing the number of patients who have a high utilization rate and improvement their bottom line.
Linkia inevitably is stuck servicing a low paying plan with decreasing member enrollment as beneficiaries jump to other carriers.
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Daniel Gottry
<Email Address Redacted>
480-491-1020
Visit: www.gottrys.com
The good news is that a CIGNA medical manager seemed to be touched and concerned, suggesting that she complete a Continuation of Care form to continue care by her prosthetist. This is a great approach to recommend to all patients who are being forced to change providers!
In another letter (www.gottrys.com/leggo ... see Industry Response #10), a CPO really hits the bottom line of the interest on the part of insurance companies to align with LINKIA/HANGER. In the process, I think he called me an adverse selection beneficiary . with no offense intended or taken
J
!
The insurance company can limit access to providers, thereby causing them to be fed up and seek insurance elsewhere . reducing the number of patients who have a high utilization rate and improvement their bottom line.
Linkia inevitably is stuck servicing a low paying plan with decreasing member enrollment as beneficiaries jump to other carriers.
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Daniel Gottry
<Email Address Redacted>
480-491-1020
Visit: www.gottrys.com
Citation
Daniel Gottry, “"Continuation of Care" Request may be answer for some to CIGNA/LINKIA limitations,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed May 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/227191.
