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We are happy to announce that we have a new addition to our Nutricia Product Coverage Navigator program! The program assists patients in obtaining insurance coverage for Nutricia products, including Neocate. When we first launched in November 2010, the program was only available in New York and Texas, but now it is offered in Massachusetts!

If you are a resident of Massachusetts, New York or Texas please call 1-800-365-7354 for help with:

• Obtaining prior authorization for any and all Nutricia products, including Neocate Infant, Neocate Junior and EO28 Splash;
• Answering questions regarding claims submissions;
• Drafting letters of medical necessity;
• Providing instructions on how to correct billing errors;
• Interceding with the insurance company on complex reimbursement matters; and
• Appealing a denied claim.

If you don’t live in Massachusetts, New York or Texas, please visit the Neocate website where you will find tips for obtaining coverage and details about reimbursement legislation.

- Sarah

Back in May you might have seen my colleague’s entry on allergy legislation that would require restaurants in the state of Massachusetts to notify people of possible allergens in their food while dining out. New Hampshire is the next state to jump on this allergy-free bandwagon.

Sen. Lou D’Allesandro (D-NH) is in the process of drafting a bill to make the state’s restaurants a bit more allergy friendly.

The bill would require all restaurants to “prominently display a poster about food allergy awareness in the staff area and to include on all menus a notice of the customer’s obligation to inform the server about any food allergies,” according to an article on seacoastline.com.

Sen. D’Allesandro’s bill is very similar to the Massachusetts bill, which was passed in the Massachusetts Senate in May and is now under consideration in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

I am very excited about the continued focus on food allergies by government officials and will keep you posted on how this bill progresses!

- Nita

Restaurants in the state of Massachusetts are on the way to becoming more allergy friendly.

A bill that requires training on food-allergy issues for restaurant staff and the placement of a tag line on all menus advising diners to notify wait staff of any allergy concerns is under review in Massachusetts.

The bill would also establish a program allowing restaurants to be certified as “food allergy friendly” if the establishment meets the strict requirements set forth by the law, including listing of all ingredients used in the restaurant on the menu. The bill, sponsored by state Senator Cynthia Stone Creem (D-Newton), has already passed in the Massachusetts state Senate and is under review in the state House of Representatives.

A similar law has already been established in New Jersey.

On the national level, U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) hosted a hearing entitled “Addressing the Challenge of Children with Food Allergies” on May 14. The purpose of which was to raise awareness to the need for increased funding of allergy research and training.

For more information and to listen to the testimonies that occurred at the hearing, visit Allergy Moms.

I hope, as I’m sure you do, that this legislation keeps on coming!

-Sarah

We are happy to announce that we have added four additional states to our Nutricia Product Coverage Navigator program!  The program assists patients in obtaining insurance coverage for Nutricia products, including Neocate.  When we first launched in November 2010, the program was only available in New York, Texas and Massachusetts, but now it is offered in Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois and New Jersey!

If you are a resident of Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York or Texas please call 1-800-365-7354 for help with:

Obtaining prior authorization for any and all Nutricia products, including Neocate Infant, Neocate Junior and EO28 Splash;

• Answering questions regarding claims submissions;
• Drafting letters of medical necessity;
• Providing instructions on how to correct billing errors;
• Interceding with the insurance company on complex reimbursement matters; and
• Appealing a denied claim.

If you don’t live in Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York or Texas, please visit the Neocate website where you will find tips for obtaining coverage and details about reimbursement legislation.

- Sarah