My health fund, Teachers Federation Health, is refusing to pay my childs orthodontic treatment. Normally this is capped at $2500.
I've gone through their complaints process.
The next step would be the PHIO ombudsman
My wife stuffed up and thought the payment had to claimed within 2 years of the LAST payment.
However, the fund says that they wont pay since it you have to claim within 2 years of the TREATMENT which they consider as the date of the invoice, so effectively won't pay for any of the claims.
My childs orthodontic was about 2 years, and the orthodontist made us pay by installment i.e. $300 per month after an initial deposit of $2500 so this was over a long period of time. It cost us $8800 overall, so I don't think this is really value for money…
Any suggestions for helping me resolve this?
Make claims in accordance with the rules given by your health fund in future.