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Old 07-17-2017, 09:16 AM
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The second problem was the misperception that the UHC MA plan had an extremely limited panel of specialists. This was simply not true, with over 20,000 doctors in network and over 150 hospitals. Shands and Moffitt are NOT in network, but there is nothing special that cannot be obtained in network. Also, the insurers are generally very liberal with approving out of network referrals with a good reason and a call from the primary care doctor.


I had DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) done at Shands for essential tremor by Dr. Kelly Foote who is one of the worlds best at this type of surgery. The insurer may approve going out of network but Shands will not accept the Advantage Plan. I wouldn't have trusted this brain surgery to anyone but him.