Looking for your medical experience there as well as info on insurance coverage especially Medicare
I had my PAE with Dr Bagla in March 2017. Completely covered by Medicare and my supplemental (AARP). However I did talk with another facility while doing my research and they said that Medicare would not cover it.
Your best bet would be to ask your insurance carrier.
Did you try to contact Dr Picel ? I did. He was very responsive. Hank
Yes I have contacted staff. I want to know if anyone has been treated by him and their results as well as Medicare payment. Can you comment on these items?
Great news. Dr Bagla and Issaccson said the same thing. I live in CA and need to know more about Dr Picel and their experience. So far no one has commented
Did you have him do a procedure?
If not, why not?
Do you know anything about his track record?
Interesting. When I talked with Dr Isaacson's office over a year ago, they said Medicare would not cover it. Maybe they fixed that somehow.
What changed is the FDA approval of injected embolism particles
I contacted him directly via email. He advised me to wait until Dec 2018 when I will have Medicare, which he said is paying. Hank
On Dec 1, 2017 1:33 PM, "Picel, Andrew wrote:
As a FDA approved study we also have CMS approval to bill medicare. So far medicare has payed for patients for the procedure. Private insurances are hit and miss. Some will approve and some do not yet pay for the procedure. Those that are not paying at this time, likely will start in the next few years as the procedure becomes more common.
--Andrew Picel
Wow. Great info. Am waiting for Dr Picel to call. Still need someone to comment on care received at UCSD
When did that happen?
This is a long shot: There is a very active prostate cancer support group in San Diego, the Informed Prostate Cancer Support Group. Maybe contact them to see if any of their members have had experience w/ Dr Picel. I can PM you the website if you have trouble locating it.
June 2017
Rich, please PM me the Web site. Thanks. Hank
That would be great. Thx
On it's way.
On its way
Talked to Gene from group in SD and they had never heard of PAE. Can u believe it? I'm sending info to them