Insurance Company Rant - Anyone home at insurance companies

I've been in the hospital for one week and was supposed to have my next infusion of Remicade today.   I was amazed when my docs told me that I'll have to wait for the day of my discharge (whenever that might be) to receive my second Remicade infusion.   I'll have to sign my discharge papers and walk over to the outpatient unit to receive my infusion.

The hope is that the Remicade will help quiet my current flare up which consists of a partial obstruction and fistula.

Somehow my policy will cover outpatient infusions but not inpatient infusions of Remicade.   Sure doesn't seem cost effective to me to have me stay as an inpatient for several more days until the docs are comfortable with releasing me as an inpatient.  I'm sure they're paying thousands of dollars a day with the possibility of paying for surgery of the another method doesn't help soon.

Is it me??  Should they have some exceptions for something that would cost shareholder's substantial money?  Since they have agreed to pay for the infusion as an outpatient, doesn't it make finanical sense to provide the infusion as an inpatient? 

Thanks for listening!

ARGHHHHHHH!

Just a thought, remicade is such a high cost drug, that
they want to do it out patient, because as an inp the drug
would go under the inp claim and the hospital would not
get paid as much as if it were an out patient.

Hope you get feeling better.
God Bless

Not quite the same thing but this is my current insurance rant. I was inpatient 5 times last year for gastritis. When it came back this year, my doctor wanted me to take Previcid 2X a day. My insurance company wouldn't pay for it. They will only pay for it 1X a day. I couldn't make them see that paying for the Rx for 2 months was cheaper than me being inpatient for treatment. Even with my doctor writing a letter, I couldn't get them to pay. I had the choice, pay out of pocket, about $300 for one month, or be admitted. I swear they just like to make our lives miserable.