Additional ?? on Eclipse Balls

[Momtana]

good morning Ms. Melissa. Way out here they are provided to me through At Home Solutions ....
last time it was Tobra and Cefepime.

 

[Momtana]

good morning Ms. Melissa. Way out here they are provided to me through At Home Solutions ....
last time it was Tobra and Cefepime.

 

[Momtana]

good morning Ms. Melissa. Way out here they are provided to me through At Home Solutions ....
last time it was Tobra and Cefepime.

 

[Momtana]

good morning Ms. Melissa. Way out here they are provided to me through At Home Solutions ....
last time it was Tobra and Cefepime.

 

[Momtana]

good morning Ms. Melissa. Way out here they are provided to me through At Home Solutions ....
last time it was Tobra and Cefepime.

 

[jamie6girl]

Memphis, TN
Cigna Health Insurance
Coram was the name of the Medical Supply Company

 

[jamie6girl]

Memphis, TN
Cigna Health Insurance
Coram was the name of the Medical Supply Company

 

[jamie6girl]

Memphis, TN
Cigna Health Insurance
Coram was the name of the Medical Supply Company

 

[jamie6girl]

Memphis, TN
Cigna Health Insurance
Coram was the name of the Medical Supply Company

 

[jamie6girl]

Memphis, TN
Cigna Health Insurance
Coram was the name of the Medical Supply Company

 

[coltsfan715]

Hey Mel,

I wanted to put a few thoughts out there as to why the eclipse balls may not be available to you.

One was already mentioned - insurance. Some insurance companies will not cover them. I know for a long while my insurance company allowed me to use them then they changed their policy and if I had wanted to use them over a pump I would have had to pay between 10-30 copays PER DOSE.

Also something else to consider is the length of infusion time for some of your meds. I know there were some meds that requried a longer infusion time than the eclipse balls would allow. I think - if I am not mistaken - that the eclipse balls can be set for anything (timewise) up to an hour in length. Longer than that and it is not doable - at least that is what I was told by one of my homehealth agencies.

I am in Florida and was able to get the eclipse balls through Apria, Coram, and Caremax. Though I will admit that getting the eclipse balls through Caremax was more difficult than the first two companies.

I hope that you can get it worked out soon.

Love Linds

 

[coltsfan715]

Hey Mel,

I wanted to put a few thoughts out there as to why the eclipse balls may not be available to you.

One was already mentioned - insurance. Some insurance companies will not cover them. I know for a long while my insurance company allowed me to use them then they changed their policy and if I had wanted to use them over a pump I would have had to pay between 10-30 copays PER DOSE.

Also something else to consider is the length of infusion time for some of your meds. I know there were some meds that requried a longer infusion time than the eclipse balls would allow. I think - if I am not mistaken - that the eclipse balls can be set for anything (timewise) up to an hour in length. Longer than that and it is not doable - at least that is what I was told by one of my homehealth agencies.

I am in Florida and was able to get the eclipse balls through Apria, Coram, and Caremax. Though I will admit that getting the eclipse balls through Caremax was more difficult than the first two companies.

I hope that you can get it worked out soon.

Love Linds

 

[coltsfan715]

Hey Mel,

I wanted to put a few thoughts out there as to why the eclipse balls may not be available to you.

One was already mentioned - insurance. Some insurance companies will not cover them. I know for a long while my insurance company allowed me to use them then they changed their policy and if I had wanted to use them over a pump I would have had to pay between 10-30 copays PER DOSE.

Also something else to consider is the length of infusion time for some of your meds. I know there were some meds that requried a longer infusion time than the eclipse balls would allow. I think - if I am not mistaken - that the eclipse balls can be set for anything (timewise) up to an hour in length. Longer than that and it is not doable - at least that is what I was told by one of my homehealth agencies.

I am in Florida and was able to get the eclipse balls through Apria, Coram, and Caremax. Though I will admit that getting the eclipse balls through Caremax was more difficult than the first two companies.

I hope that you can get it worked out soon.

Love Linds

 

[coltsfan715]

Hey Mel,

I wanted to put a few thoughts out there as to why the eclipse balls may not be available to you.

One was already mentioned - insurance. Some insurance companies will not cover them. I know for a long while my insurance company allowed me to use them then they changed their policy and if I had wanted to use them over a pump I would have had to pay between 10-30 copays PER DOSE.

Also something else to consider is the length of infusion time for some of your meds. I know there were some meds that requried a longer infusion time than the eclipse balls would allow. I think - if I am not mistaken - that the eclipse balls can be set for anything (timewise) up to an hour in length. Longer than that and it is not doable - at least that is what I was told by one of my homehealth agencies.

I am in Florida and was able to get the eclipse balls through Apria, Coram, and Caremax. Though I will admit that getting the eclipse balls through Caremax was more difficult than the first two companies.

I hope that you can get it worked out soon.

Love Linds

 

[coltsfan715]

Hey Mel,

I wanted to put a few thoughts out there as to why the eclipse balls may not be available to you.

One was already mentioned - insurance. Some insurance companies will not cover them. I know for a long while my insurance company allowed me to use them then they changed their policy and if I had wanted to use them over a pump I would have had to pay between 10-30 copays PER DOSE.

Also something else to consider is the length of infusion time for some of your meds. I know there were some meds that requried a longer infusion time than the eclipse balls would allow. I think - if I am not mistaken - that the eclipse balls can be set for anything (timewise) up to an hour in length. Longer than that and it is not doable - at least that is what I was told by one of my homehealth agencies.

I am in Florida and was able to get the eclipse balls through Apria, Coram, and Caremax. Though I will admit that getting the eclipse balls through Caremax was more difficult than the first two companies.

I hope that you can get it worked out soon.

Love Linds

 

[Diane]

Melissa,
I'm in Pa. I've been on all 4 of those antibiotics in the pumps at one time or other in the past 10 years. I have Health Partners as my insurance, and Home infusion is the service i am on. The one i am doing now .... Cipro .... takes 90 minutes to run thru , which is probably the longest running one i have ever had. The merepenim only runs 30 minutes so the ball is much smaller. My home infusion nurse told me, some insurances dont want to pay for the eclipse balls because they may be more expensive and some medicines cannot be mixed till right before you use them. Now in that case i can see why they wouldnt use the eclipse balls . They send me 4 days worth at a time because once mixed the medicine is only good for a certain amount of days ( refrigerated of coarse). Sometimes it takes a little nudging from your doctor to get them to use the balls. You could have your Dr. say something like....... <i>If Melissa uses the eclipse balls she is more likely to remain active which in turn could help her to get better faster and require a shorter course of iv antibiotics</i> (which would save them $$$$) .

 

[Diane]

Melissa,
I'm in Pa. I've been on all 4 of those antibiotics in the pumps at one time or other in the past 10 years. I have Health Partners as my insurance, and Home infusion is the service i am on. The one i am doing now .... Cipro .... takes 90 minutes to run thru , which is probably the longest running one i have ever had. The merepenim only runs 30 minutes so the ball is much smaller. My home infusion nurse told me, some insurances dont want to pay for the eclipse balls because they may be more expensive and some medicines cannot be mixed till right before you use them. Now in that case i can see why they wouldnt use the eclipse balls . They send me 4 days worth at a time because once mixed the medicine is only good for a certain amount of days ( refrigerated of coarse). Sometimes it takes a little nudging from your doctor to get them to use the balls. You could have your Dr. say something like....... <i>If Melissa uses the eclipse balls she is more likely to remain active which in turn could help her to get better faster and require a shorter course of iv antibiotics</i> (which would save them $$$$) .

 

[Diane]

Melissa,
I'm in Pa. I've been on all 4 of those antibiotics in the pumps at one time or other in the past 10 years. I have Health Partners as my insurance, and Home infusion is the service i am on. The one i am doing now .... Cipro .... takes 90 minutes to run thru , which is probably the longest running one i have ever had. The merepenim only runs 30 minutes so the ball is much smaller. My home infusion nurse told me, some insurances dont want to pay for the eclipse balls because they may be more expensive and some medicines cannot be mixed till right before you use them. Now in that case i can see why they wouldnt use the eclipse balls . They send me 4 days worth at a time because once mixed the medicine is only good for a certain amount of days ( refrigerated of coarse). Sometimes it takes a little nudging from your doctor to get them to use the balls. You could have your Dr. say something like....... <i>If Melissa uses the eclipse balls she is more likely to remain active which in turn could help her to get better faster and require a shorter course of iv antibiotics</i> (which would save them $$$$) .

 

[Diane]

Melissa,
I'm in Pa. I've been on all 4 of those antibiotics in the pumps at one time or other in the past 10 years. I have Health Partners as my insurance, and Home infusion is the service i am on. The one i am doing now .... Cipro .... takes 90 minutes to run thru , which is probably the longest running one i have ever had. The merepenim only runs 30 minutes so the ball is much smaller. My home infusion nurse told me, some insurances dont want to pay for the eclipse balls because they may be more expensive and some medicines cannot be mixed till right before you use them. Now in that case i can see why they wouldnt use the eclipse balls . They send me 4 days worth at a time because once mixed the medicine is only good for a certain amount of days ( refrigerated of coarse). Sometimes it takes a little nudging from your doctor to get them to use the balls. You could have your Dr. say something like....... <i>If Melissa uses the eclipse balls she is more likely to remain active which in turn could help her to get better faster and require a shorter course of iv antibiotics</i> (which would save them $$$$) .

 

[Diane]

Melissa,
I'm in Pa. I've been on all 4 of those antibiotics in the pumps at one time or other in the past 10 years. I have Health Partners as my insurance, and Home infusion is the service i am on. The one i am doing now .... Cipro .... takes 90 minutes to run thru , which is probably the longest running one i have ever had. The merepenim only runs 30 minutes so the ball is much smaller. My home infusion nurse told me, some insurances dont want to pay for the eclipse balls because they may be more expensive and some medicines cannot be mixed till right before you use them. Now in that case i can see why they wouldnt use the eclipse balls . They send me 4 days worth at a time because once mixed the medicine is only good for a certain amount of days ( refrigerated of coarse). Sometimes it takes a little nudging from your doctor to get them to use the balls. You could have your Dr. say something like....... <i>If Melissa uses the eclipse balls she is more likely to remain active which in turn could help her to get better faster and require a shorter course of iv antibiotics</i> (which would save them $$$$) .