It's a really big hassle to get insurance coverage treatments for hyperhidrosis.
Excessive sweating can have a tremendous negative effect on your physical and emotional side as well as in your ability to socialize with other people.
It becomes more difficult when your insurance company does not provide or denies you insurance coverage treatments for hyperhidrosis.
And we all know how expensive the treatments can be if you pay using your own money.
You and your doctor should work together so you'll know what your coverage options are and go after an appeal if your coverage is denied.
If you need some help in understanding the insurance process you can go to International Hyperhidrosis Society's site and read their guide on insurance procedures and policies.
You can download some forms there that will help you to work with your doctors.
But there are still many things that you have to know about the insurance process.
Did you have any knowledge that it may depend on who you need to approach at the insurance company? Administrators in some of the top centers that treat excessive sweating say that getting your coverage relies on talking to the right individual.
Let's take a look at a brief guide on what you can expect from the claims process: Your doctor will evaluate you and you'll give out some information by answering a detailed questionnaire.
You're advised to keep a journal of your sweating to help your doctor with the questions.
Your documentation is a very important part of the insurance process.
Keep in mind that when you're looking for coverage on Botox injections and iontophoresis, insurance firms want to know that you've tried out other solutions for 6 months with no success.
Then the doctor's staff will write a letter of medical necessity to the insurance company.
This letter will give proper documentation that you already tried other treatments with no success which the insurance companies will look for.