jeffp
Well-known member
Got my INRatio meter today. VERY easy to use, came with DVD and well written instruction book. Was supposed to wait until QAS nurse called to do phone training, but I was chomping at the bit waiting for this thing. Here's the circle story...
Asked my cardio about home testing about 6 weeks out of surgery as that was about the time my brain was getting rebooted. Had learned about QAS from VR.com and asked about them. He was not familiar with QAS but had just met with rep from Raytel and could supply the same equiptment. OK with me. Well we go through all the forms and scripts and wait a month for the ins co to do their bit. After not hearing from them I call and am told that Raytel doesn't participate with my ins so I need to go through one of their suppliers. They gave me a list of about 20 vendors they work with but have no idea of whether or not they can supply the INRatio. After a ton of calling and hold time, Sterliing Medical is the only one that even knows what the thing is. We start the paperwork all over again. More calls... Finally they can supply it, but need credit card info from me as the total is over what the ins will pay (coverage limit). Get that done, and then they can't order it with out the prescription as they "must have lost the original%". They'll ship it right out. Never gets here. More calls... Turns out they do not stock it and it has to get dropped shipped. Get a call a few days later from QAS to verify my address and have it next day UPS. Took about 3 months to run the loop. Why didn't they just listen to me in the first place? (No one ever does, it seems.)
Gotta go stick some more fingers...I'm like a kid with a new toy.
Asked my cardio about home testing about 6 weeks out of surgery as that was about the time my brain was getting rebooted. Had learned about QAS from VR.com and asked about them. He was not familiar with QAS but had just met with rep from Raytel and could supply the same equiptment. OK with me. Well we go through all the forms and scripts and wait a month for the ins co to do their bit. After not hearing from them I call and am told that Raytel doesn't participate with my ins so I need to go through one of their suppliers. They gave me a list of about 20 vendors they work with but have no idea of whether or not they can supply the INRatio. After a ton of calling and hold time, Sterliing Medical is the only one that even knows what the thing is. We start the paperwork all over again. More calls... Finally they can supply it, but need credit card info from me as the total is over what the ins will pay (coverage limit). Get that done, and then they can't order it with out the prescription as they "must have lost the original%". They'll ship it right out. Never gets here. More calls... Turns out they do not stock it and it has to get dropped shipped. Get a call a few days later from QAS to verify my address and have it next day UPS. Took about 3 months to run the loop. Why didn't they just listen to me in the first place? (No one ever does, it seems.)
Gotta go stick some more fingers...I'm like a kid with a new toy.
