How To Tell If Treatment Is Covered By Your Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) Plan

How can I tell if a treatment is covered by my PPO plan?

You can tell if your treatment is covered by your PPO by asking your doctor's office, because usually they will still seek to get authorization. You can look at authorization. You can look at the exclusions to see if there's any way for it can be excluded. Obviously, most elective surgeries, if someone needs cosmetic surgery of some sort, a facelift or things like that, that is not generally going to be covered and most offices are going to be upfront with you and tell you those things that won't be covered. You will have a sense of what's covered and what's not, but it's really important that your doctor's front desk is the important place to find out how much will be covered, and you can ask your own doctor and his staff. Again, doctors have had to increase their front office staff because of all the payment mechanisms and the complexities of these Wall Street-run insurance companies.