Insurance reimbursement
In the last few years, the medical community and insurance providers have begun to realize what a key role Doulas play in maternity care. They also realize that Doulas can save them a lot of money when it comes to using less interventions and having faster deliveries. Therefore, some insurance companies, and many state medicare programs have started reimbursing for Doula service.
Fair warning: the reimbursement process can be long and difficult at times and there is no guarantee that your insurance will reimburse you, but it is certainly worth a try. When you are ready to start the reimbursement process, I will give you all the information you need as well as tips to make reimbursement more likely.
The following is a partial list of insurance companies in the US that have reimbursed in whole or in part for doula services:
Aetna Healthcare
AltPro
Baylor Health Care System/WEB TPA
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Blue Cross/ Blue Shield PPO
Cigna
Degussa, a German Chemical Company
Elmcare, LLC, C/O North American Medical Management
Foundation for Medical Care
Fortis Insurance
Glencare Managed Health Inc.
Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co.
HNTB (Peoria, IL)
Houston New England Financial, Employee Benefits (Fort Scott, KS)
Humana Employers Health
Lutheran General Physician's Organization
Maritime Life
Medical Mutual
Oschner HMO, Louisiana
Professional Benefits Administrators
Prudential Healthcare
Qualchoice
Summit Management Services, Inc
Travelers
United HealthCare of Georgia (San Antonio, TX)
United Health POS
Wausau Benefits, Inc
Fair warning: the reimbursement process can be long and difficult at times and there is no guarantee that your insurance will reimburse you, but it is certainly worth a try. When you are ready to start the reimbursement process, I will give you all the information you need as well as tips to make reimbursement more likely.
The following is a partial list of insurance companies in the US that have reimbursed in whole or in part for doula services:
Aetna Healthcare
AltPro
Baylor Health Care System/WEB TPA
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Blue Cross/ Blue Shield PPO
Cigna
Degussa, a German Chemical Company
Elmcare, LLC, C/O North American Medical Management
Foundation for Medical Care
Fortis Insurance
Glencare Managed Health Inc.
Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co.
HNTB (Peoria, IL)
Houston New England Financial, Employee Benefits (Fort Scott, KS)
Humana Employers Health
Lutheran General Physician's Organization
Maritime Life
Medical Mutual
Oschner HMO, Louisiana
Professional Benefits Administrators
Prudential Healthcare
Qualchoice
Summit Management Services, Inc
Travelers
United HealthCare of Georgia (San Antonio, TX)
United Health POS
Wausau Benefits, Inc