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I'm guessing lung transplants need prior auth

Posted on: July 17, 2025 at 14:05:51 CT

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I'm not in the medical profession but I don't think doctors do transplants and worry about if they get paid after the fact.

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Heard a rumor today about the Ben Askren situation - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 13:48:49

Insurance companies do it all the time. If only 35% of pol- - Danno MU - 7/17 20:46:36

Had a workers comp case - implode STL - 7/17 21:38:07

You'd think they would cough it up for something like that(nm) - CulturedDan MU

- 7/17 14:23:45

nice (nm) - Bosalphus KC - 7/17 14:52:12

they were really trying to take the wind out of his sails(nm) - cnk MU - 7/17 14:24:38

their level of moral ineptitude is breathtaking(nm) - CulturedDan MU

- 7/17 14:25:54

The insurance company's reply to the request was simply - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 14:27:39

(gasp)(nm) - TigerA MU - 7/17 14:37:01

Insurance, but can he breathe with 1 lung?(nm) - AWOLTiger KC - 7/17 14:21:48

Ezekiel "weezy" McBride threw a no hitter in game 7 - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 14:23:31

He contracted a blood infection after getting a severe case - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 14:25:53

Oh no - cnk MU - 7/17 14:37:06

Stop - AWOLTiger KC - 7/17 14:46:22

isn't everybody otherwise healthy? nm - TiGertim MU - 7/17 14:06:12

Besides the rampant, crippling aids, I'm otherwise healthy(nm) - Joeboo MU

- 7/17 14:10:07

I mean he could be a smoker or a drug addict or morbidly - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 14:09:14

if he was any of those things, the hospital would have said - CulturedDan MU

- 7/17 14:24:24

the dude just had major surgery less than a month ago - Joeboo MU

- 7/17 14:02:38

I am sure people in that profession - meatiger MU - 7/17 14:07:07

I'm guessing lung transplants need prior auth - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 14:05:51

They absolutely do. Insurance definitely denied the pre-auth - BigSlickTiger MU - 7/17 14:33:36

You might be retarded (nm) - phrejd STL - 7/17 14:49:07

makes you wonder how any of the 3,000+ lung transplants - CulturedDan MU

- 7/17 14:36:26

through the ass?(nm) - cnk MU - 7/17 14:41:00

That costs extra - zaaguy MU - 7/17 15:04:59

RE: Heard a rumor today about the Ben Askren situation - meatiger MU - 7/17 13:58:48

The spirit of Luigi lives in all of us (nm) - Columbian Gold MU - 7/17 13:57:45

Because breathing isn't a medical necessity. - tgr MU

- 7/17 13:55:27

i have no other explanation than insurace execs are evil - TigerA MU - 7/17 13:51:13

Or the story is 37% bull**** (nm) - phrejd STL - 7/17 14:50:05

RE: i have no other explanation than insurace execs are evil - BigSlickTiger MU - 7/17 14:31:36