If families need to access the Regional center like families Florida access
the Early Intervention program, it is a payor of last resort.
Also, military families are often not residents of the state they reside in,
it's usually a lot more complicated then Cheney's little trick.
Payor of last in our area means that the families have to first go the
provider's on their network, then get a denial of developmental therapy by
Tricare for each visit and then the bill goes to the Part C program.  I had
families I was seeing in centerbased and homebased programs and we couldn't
get the denials from Tricare to bill Part C.  We actually had insurance
companies complain about having to send the denials.
Military people also get less of a chance for placement to a new area
because of sick children.  They go through a lot for their kids.

Beth the OT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bill Hyatt
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:20 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: story on military families with disabled children
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>   "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> i thought you guys might be interested in this article.
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> Military health care plan fails families with disabled children
> By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., National Journal
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> I wonder if they have been able to access the Region Center
> system since they reside in California.  theyshold also be of
> some help since the child would appear to have a developmental
> disanbility and in California a developmental disability means
> they are "entitled" to services from the Regional Center system.
>
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>
> Bill Hyatt
> "The shortest distance between two points is.....
>  usually not accessible"
>
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