transmitting coil cochlear implant

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Gosh, My hub's transmitting coil cochlear implant fell apart. He had to order new more coil for 36 bucks plus shipping fee that added up to around 40 bucks. He isnt sure if his personal insurnace will cover for it or not. He is going to find out about it.

Anyone of you whose have insurance and do they cover for transmitting coil cochlear implant???
 
Give it time. Some people work/busy during the day so you may not get many responses at this hour.
 
yeah, definitely check out the DME (Durable Medical Equipment) clause/whatever it's called with your insurance.
I'm pretty sure Medicare will cover new headpieces (coils) for me. I know they cover cables, and batteries, etc., as part of DME. I have to pay a 20% co-pay though, as Medicare only covers 80% but still better than full price.
 
cdmeggers said:
yeah, definitely check out the DME (Durable Medical Equipment) clause/whatever it's called with your insurance.
I'm pretty sure Medicare will cover new headpieces (coils) for me. I know they cover cables, and batteries, etc., as part of DME. I have to pay a 20% co-pay though, as Medicare only covers 80% but still better than full price.
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Hes working, so no medicare that is for sure. thanks. I ll check with him later about it. He plans to call his insurnace so i dont know if he had already called or not. lol
 
I know other CI users have other insurance and have gotten replacements covered under DME. :)
 
Mine personally yes is covered.... However I have super awesome insurance through the hospital. Thankfully I haven't had this happen yet. However, I know most of the time it is not covered by most insurance plans. just something you'll have to look up just like people said previously. :( good luck!
 
my hub knows about it and its outside of dme. Guess he ll pay for it. grr He said he regretted of having CI because of budget issue but he likes CI.
 
Here in the Czech Republic we have to pay for most of CI stuff. The surgery and sound processor is paid by health insurance (only one implant), but accessories like remote (for N5), rechargeables, audio cables etc. are not covered, so we have to buy it ourselves or not at all. Upgrading to new processor is allowed after 10 years and insurance pays only 75 % of the price .. and again, it's processor alone, without accessories.

And still.. most of us don't regret having the CI - although it's expensive, it's worth it.

Btw, 40 bucks for the coil? :-o Here it costs around 175 or so.
 
I say $40 for the coil is not bad at all. I don't know how much an AB headpiece is, but the cables alone are $100 a piece, t-mic is $175 (I think?), I'm sure the headpiece is expensive too.
 
Is there a warrantee on these implants?
I am paying through the nose on other medical equipment while having an expensive self paid insurance plan because the supplier caused the warrantee to be voided.
 
Yeah I would definitely be happy paying $40 for something that every piece to usually costs a bagillion. :laugh2:
 
goodonya said:
Is there a warrantee on these implants?
I am paying through the nose on other medical equipment while having an expensive self paid insurance plan because the supplier caused the warrantee to be voided.
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For AB, the internal device is waranted for 10 years for any reason of failure, the processor is warranted for a year, the headpieces are warranted for a year, batteries are warranted for 90 days and I am not sure about the microphones.

FWIW, none of my equipment has failed other than an optional accessory (a T-Comm, and that was within 2 weeks of receiving it) and the replacement process was painless. The replacement T-Comm as well as everything else has been working flawlessly for a little over a year now.
 
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