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Re: 70 Year Old Mom
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:19:38 -0600 (CST)

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At Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Lora wrote: >
>Thank you Doctors for your reply. Mom has had ultra sound and uterine
>biopsy..still HMO is reluctant for surgical procedure...she takes
>progestrone all but five or seven days
>a month. Ablation would appear to be less invasive and
>surgically conservative; however, many times the bleeding comes back
>after this procedure..please comment

Ablation should be used were no cancer or other physcial abnormalities of the uterus exists and where management of bleeding is desired. If this8is the case with Mom, what is the reasonong on the part of the HMO for denying payment. They don't deny care, they deny payment.

-- Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG OBGYN.net U.S. Representative, New York Great Neck, New York http://www.obgyn.net/states/bios/marchbein.htm http://www.obgyn.net/women/advisors/harveym.htm
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