MY NAME IS DAVID SMITH.I ...
MY NAME IS DAVID SMITH.I LIVE IN CINCINNATI OHIO.I WAS WONDERING
IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME WITH WHOM I SHOULD CONTACT IN ORDER
TO GET MEDICAID APPROVAL FOR THE BARRIATRIC PROCEDURE.DOES ANY
ONE HAVE NAMES ,PHONE NUMBERS OR E- MAIL ADDRESS"S.I AM JUST
STARTING THIS LONG PROCEDURE AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP
WITH THE RED TAPE.THANK YOU FOR ANY INFORMATION OR HELP!!
SINCERLY,DAVID SMITH
the ohio job & family services at 30 east broad street columbus ohio 43215-3414 or www.state.oh.us/odjfs good luck kathy
Glad to see you are just beginning your journey. Why not post this to our local support group. www.wlsbutterflynetwork.org. Come to our meeting Friday night at Bethesda Oak Hospital 619 Oak Street Cincinnati OH 45219. We always have a Q&A session and a fun time to boot. You can also email me. Looking forward to seeing you.
One more thing. I you go down to the bottom of the page, there is a section that says View older posts. Takes you back a ways. In that section there is a post by Greg Sprague who just had surgery. Now he had his in Dayton but it was through Medicaid. There are other too. Good Luck. 
Hi, my name is Denice, I worked with having medicaid for 3 years prior to finding my Doctor. When you find a doctor 
, (it can be frustrating to find one who accepts medicaid), ask them if they plan on continuing to accept medicaid patients. I have been to 5 diffrent doctors and through the process 4 of them stopped doing the surgeries for medicaid. The reason, Ohio medicaid will approve the surgery, but then they will not pay the Doctor
, when surgery is completed. I was cancelled 4 times because of this it is unbelievable, but true. I live in Akron and found Dr. Cleary in Dayton, a 4 hour drive, my date was selected and everything with Dr Cleary, and again I got the call
. I was so depressed I didn't know what to do. I do also have Medicare part A so I spoke with the insurance specialist there. She told me that if I would find out if Medicare will pay for my hospital and anesthisologist (sic?), then I could pay cash for the Doctor, 
. The cost $3000. Sounds like a lot but compared to my brain surgeon not bad
. The next hurdle was the money. I could have let my bills go but, my teenage sons and his friends, my adopted children, went out to friends, family, and neighbors and collected $3200 for my surgery.
When people say all teenagers are not any good think of these ones . So now I am set for Nov 12. .
Good luck, and if you have any questions since I have already been through the hoops and over the hurdles! feel free to e-mail me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~Hugs~~~~~~~~~~Denice Mackey
, (it can be frustrating to find one who accepts medicaid), ask them if they plan on continuing to accept medicaid patients. I have been to 5 diffrent doctors and through the process 4 of them stopped doing the surgeries for medicaid. The reason, Ohio medicaid will approve the surgery, but then they will not pay the Doctor, when surgery is completed. I was cancelled 4 times because of this it is unbelievable, but true. I live in Akron and found Dr. Cleary in Dayton, a 4 hour drive, my date was selected and everything with Dr Cleary, and again I got the call. I was so depressed I didn't know what to do. I do also have Medicare part A so I spoke with the insurance specialist there. She told me that if I would find out if Medicare will pay for my hospital and anesthisologist (sic?), then I could pay cash for the Doctor, . The cost $3000. Sounds like a lot but compared to my brain surgeon not bad. The next hurdle was the money. I could have let my bills go but, my teenage sons and his friends, my adopted children, went out to friends, family, and neighbors and collected $3200 for my surgery. When people say all teenagers are not any good think of these ones . So now I am set for Nov 12. .
Good luck, and if you have any questions since I have already been through the hoops and over the hurdles! feel free to e-mail me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~Hugs~~~~~~~~~~Denice Mackey Most Active
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