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Getting Insurance to Pay for a Home Birth: UPDATE, THEY PAID!

Jessica Lieb — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:27:00 +0000

So yesterday we got a check in the mail for almost $3000 as reimbursement from our health insurance providers for Noah’s home birth. I was completely shocked since last time I spoke with a representative from our insurance they pretty much said, NO we will NOT be able to process your claim. After the insurance...

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Insurance Paying for Home Birth: Update 2

Jessica Lieb — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:21:00 +0000

Ok so here’s the latest on our Home Birth Insurance claim. I was told that my husband’s company policy only covers care from a Certified Nurse Midwife and not a Certified Professional Midwife, which is what we used. So now we are taking our case to his HR department since they specifically told him that...

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Update on Home Birth Insurance

Jessica Lieb — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:34:00 +0000

So yesterday after talking with the nice rep who said she would resubmit our home birth insurance claim a few hours later Joe got a call from her. He was in a meeting so she left him a voice-mail that said our Midwife wasn’t certified. So I called her back and said that yes, our...

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Getting Insurance to Pay for a Home Birth

Jessica Lieb — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:53:00 +0000

We had both of our boys at home with a Midwife. With Jude we didn’t even bother filing with insurance because we didn’t realize that was an option. We just paid the $3000 out of pocket and moved on. With Noah we decide to check all of our options and see what was covered under...

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