Our family health insurance has denied speech therapy (or physical or occupational therapy) for our child with special needs. What funding sources might there be to pay for them?
Before you rule out your private insurance completely, please contact our insurance benefits specialist at Family Voices 800-881-8272. Leave your message with Sarony Young. Sarony has years of experience helping families to read their insurance policies to see if they have missed a possible means by which to get a different decision from the insurance company. It may be possible that the policy is ambiguous or misleading. It may be that the company might grant you an exception. Sarony can assist you with possible tips that may help you get that therapy paid for. She can also assist you to identify things you might want to look for when you are considering purchasing a new or different health insurance policy. If private insurance still isn’t going to be the payer for that therapy you will have to look at what other options might be available to your child. If your child is aged birth to three the Developmental Disabilities Early Intervention Program might be able to assist with some of
