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Title: Insurance denies IVIG Treatment for transplants!
Post by: cschwab on December 14, 2012, 05:22:53 AM

Necessary Expansion of IVIG Treatment under Medicare

This firm represents the transplant surgeons at the Indiana University Hospital and the surgeons desire that a particular Medicare contractor expand its coverage of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment.

Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) is a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) for Jurisdiction 5 and Jurisdiction 8 (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana and Michigan), as well as a Legacy Medicare Part B contractor for Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota.  According to its website, WPS

Title: Re: Insurance denies IVIG Treatment for transplants!
Post by: angieskidney on January 06, 2013, 08:29:07 PM

Has there been any response on this?

Title: Re: Insurance denies IVIG Treatment for transplants!
Post by: cschwab on January 30, 2013, 05:38:58 PM

No, I haven't heard anymore about this.  But I posted it for them as promised.