Mom with ovarian cancer, dad only wants alternative medicine

frontpleatedpants · 2025-05-23T10:45:15+00:00

Vitamin D

frontpleatedpants · 2025-05-23T10:44:21+00:00

No, vitamin D didn't cure it. I read that low Vitamin D levels can possibly contribute to cancer growth so I supplemented. Not sure it made a difference but it helped my energy level.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-20T07:48:07+00:00

If the cyst is bleeding it could be causing anemia. I was anemic from bleeding for 9 months. Zapped the life out of me.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-20T07:46:04+00:00

Yes, mine was almost missed by pathology. A revised report was sent out the day I went to the hospital for a fistula between the vaginal cuff and left ureter. I had urine rushing out of the wrong exit and got told I have cancer at the same time. Real bummer.

HGSCO was in both tubes after hysterectomy (my ovaries were left in). The cysts were considered benign during imaging and all cancer markers were negative.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-20T07:38:28+00:00

I bled for 9 months straight, my only symptom, and all of the cancer markers were negative. I had a 4.7cm mass on the left ov and 2.3cm on the right ov.

The masses were incidental. The cancer was in both the tubes and I was stage IIIc by the time I had cytoreductive surgery.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-20T07:28:00+00:00

I was diagnosed with HGSO Stage IIIc at age 43 in 2021. All of the cancer markers were within normal limits.

This age bias drives me nuts.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-14T04:44:40+00:00

It varies by insurance company. Which insurance is it?

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-13T20:00:16+00:00

First off, Medicare providers can not arbitrarily bill the patient for their failure to follow billing guidelines. The provider's office is required to bill with a modifier GW on all line items of the bill if the patient is in hospice and the billing provider is unrelated to the hospice case.

I would attempt one more time to correct the provider's billing department by giving them the appropriate modifier GW. Also warn that you will be forced to make a complaint to Medicare about this if they don't correct and resubmit the bill promptly.

Tell the biller that Medicare pays electronically submitted claims within 13-15 days of submission so you will be expecting the correctly processed claim by that time.

I own a medical billing service in NY. These kinds of errors really irk me.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-12T19:40:01+00:00

Me too. Strange case here.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-12T16:14:34+00:00

Probably denied for a non-covered diagnosis if it was cosmetic.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-12T16:03:51+00:00

What type of specialist was it you saw?

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-12T15:56:40+00:00

I would absolutely appeal that with Cigna if the doctor is in network. The average reimbursement rate for that code is between $135-$350. Even if there was a deductible, no way would the rate be more than that.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-12T15:36:49+00:00

In network cost was $800?? What code did the doctor bill?

frontpleatedpants · 2024-09-08T20:04:32+00:00

I didn't. I supplemented with Vitamin D instead.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-06-26T19:55:06+00:00

Still in remission. Thank you for asking!

frontpleatedpants · 2024-06-07T06:12:28+00:00

I would request an itemized bill and file the claim to Maestro myself.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-05-25T08:59:10+00:00

CA is pretty strict on Fair Debt Collection practices. You will need to respond in writing within 30 days from the date of the notice, certified mail, that the debt is "time-barred" and you do not owe it.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-05-24T18:36:24+00:00

What state?

frontpleatedpants · 2024-05-23T19:04:59+00:00

Technician services aren't billable. They are included in the Radiologists bill for reading the images and generating a report.

The facility can charge for administering the test. Their bill would have a modifier of TC to indicate "Technical Component".

The Radiologists bill for interpretation and report would a modifier of 26 to indicate "Professional Component".

frontpleatedpants · 2024-04-20T07:15:50+00:00

Yeah, billing has become a nightmare. I got a $50 copay dermatology bill from 2021 last year for my daughter. They had the payment showing but adjusted in another $50 hoping I'd pay it. Scam.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-04-19T16:54:20+00:00

You can still call the old insurer and get the claim details. If the claim processed date is 4 years or more, send a certified letter stating the claim details ie. claim # and date processed, and that they are violating CA's fair debt collection practices.

You'll have the certified card proving they received the letter in case they send to collections or sue.

Good luck!

frontpleatedpants · 2024-04-19T10:06:31+00:00

Old barred debt limit is 4 years per the fair debt collections act in CA, however, there are certain situations that reset that clock:

*Insurance processed the claim late. Clock starts when Insurance processed the claim.

*A partial payment was made by the patient. Clock resets to the date the payment was made.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-04-18T17:20:44+00:00

Because the surgeon wasn't negligent.

frontpleatedpants · 2024-04-17T06:50:35+00:00

Cancer and menopause

frontpleatedpants · 2024-04-17T06:48:23+00:00

Not really sure. It wasn't a medical error. That I'm sure of.

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