Anonymous
Post 12/04/2019 05:23     Subject: Re:IVF pre-auth

United Healthcare
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2019 22:00     Subject: Re:IVF pre-auth

Anonymous wrote:Typical time for my insurance is 10-15 business days for every single procedure and medication, so given the time-sensitive nature of IVF this could have been disastrous. I had a few near misses getting things approved that would have resulted in sitting out a cycle so I learned to ask the nurse/financial for an urgent preauthorization every time which takes 48 hours. Don’t know if this is typical but I’ve heard from more than one provider that my insurance makes the process unnecessarily difficult.

OP here. Which insurance do you have?
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2019 14:43     Subject: Re:IVF pre-auth

Typical time for my insurance is 10-15 business days for every single procedure and medication, so given the time-sensitive nature of IVF this could have been disastrous. I had a few near misses getting things approved that would have resulted in sitting out a cycle so I learned to ask the nurse/financial for an urgent preauthorization every time which takes 48 hours. Don’t know if this is typical but I’ve heard from more than one provider that my insurance makes the process unnecessarily difficult.
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2019 13:13     Subject: IVF pre-auth

How long did it take for you to get pre authorization for IVF?