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c/insurancefights·posted 17 days ago by u/adaeze_weiss

[Discussion] denial reason codes decoded, mostly fixable paperwork

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Been lurking in c/glp1eu for about 7 months and finally have something worth posting.

Short version: week 38, 1.7mg, and denial is the bit I still cannot get a straight answer on. I have read the wiki, I have read the last 15 threads, and the answers split roughly down the middle.

What I actually want to know is whether the people saying it does not matter have measured it, or whether it is just repeated confidently. Happy to be told I am overthinking this — I probably am — but I would rather overthink it now than at week 44.

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u/plain_titration_20240 points·16 days ago
came here to say exactly this
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u/adaeze_weissOP1 point·16 days ago

the carve-out clause varies by employer

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u/hamza_weiss0 points·16 days ago

formulary exclusions are negotiable sometimes

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u/oskar_kaufmann-15 points·16 days ago

Yeah, the denial code matters, it tells you what to fight.

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u/neha_erdogan1 point·16 days ago·edited

That is net peptide content, not purity. Different number, different meaning.

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u/pavel_nkemelu1 point·16 days ago

copay is separate from coverage

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u/vikram_mbeki1 point·16 days ago

Strongly agree. Step therapy is predictable if you have the criteria.

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u/line_petrov1 point·16 days ago

denial reason codes matter, ask for the actual code

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u/appeal_letter_alMOD26 points·16 days ago

This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.

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u/ireland_drugs_pay19 points·16 days ago

resubmission after denial requires new documentation

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u/adaeze_weissOP13 points·15 days ago

External review overturned the denial. Took 23 weeks but the process exists.

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u/ireland_drugs_pay10 points·15 days ago

the carve-out clause varies by employer

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u/adaeze_weissOP13 points·16 days ago

prior auth criteria are state-specific, copay differs

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u/cardio_endpoint_c38 points·16 days ago

Water content matters more than people think. If a vial is carrying residual moisture, your "10mg" is not 10mg of peptide.

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u/ahmed_abubakar16 points·17 days ago

No. This is the kind of confident post that gets copied into a screenshot and repeated for years. Where is the evidence.

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u/kian_ferreira13 points·16 days ago·edited

copay is separate from coverage

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u/bence_zielinski10 points·16 days ago

copay is separate from coverage

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 77 weeks to accept.

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u/blunt_coldbox_notes8 points·15 days ago·edited

resubmission after denial requires new documentation

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u/elin_varga6 points·15 days ago

do not suggest misrepresenting a diagnosis, that is fraud

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u/purity_pedantanalytical1 point·15 days ago

do not suggest misrepresenting a diagnosis, that is fraud

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 21 weeks to accept.

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u/adaeze_weiss11 points·16 days ago

Denied for prior auth, resubmitted with formulary documentation, approved on appeal. The criteria exist, you just have to meet them.

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u/valeria_grimaldi3 points·16 days ago·edited

What was the denial code?

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u/step_therapy_s6 points·16 days ago

External review overturned the denial. Took 23 weeks but the process exists.

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u/blunt_coldbox_notes6 points·16 days ago

Crossposting this to c/cryptopay because the people who need it are not reading this community.

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