Medicare and myectomy and alcohol septal ablation operations

[Degrand]

Does Medicare cover these operations for HOCM and what is required for authorization? Is Medigap coverage critical?

P.S. What are "Smilies" and what is a "BBCode"?

[Lisa Salberg]

Welcome,

Medicare will cover a myectomy with no trouble - we have had many people on medicare have the procdure. Has someone suggested you are in need of septal reduction?
Can you tell us a little more about yourself?

Best wishes,
Lisa

PS Tim will you help explain the techy stuff to our new friend!

[Tim Stewart]

P.S. What are "Smilies" and what is a "BBCode"?

From the FAQ:

http://forum.4hcm.org/faq.php#21

What is BBCode?
BBCode is a special implementation of HTML. Whether you can use BBCode is determined by the administrator. You can also disable it on a per post basis from the posting form. BBCode itself is similar in style to HTML: tags are enclosed in square braces [ and ] rather than < and > and it offers greater control over what and how something is displayed. For more information on BBCode see the guide which can be accessed from the posting page.



http://forum.4hcm.org/faq.php#23

What are Smileys?
Smileys, or Emoticons, are small graphical images which can be used to express some feeling using a short code, e.g. :) means happy, :( means sad. The full list of emoticons can be seen via the posting form. Try not to overuse smileys, though, as they can quickly render a post unreadable and a moderator may decide to edit them out or remove the post altogether.


Hope that helps!