Neocate ?s

me000

I have preemie twins that both have GERD.  I'm hoping Neocate will help the situation.

1.  Were you able to get Neocate covered by insurance?

2.  Is it a thick formula?  The babies seem to be able to keep thicker formulas down.  We tried Nutrimigen and it was so thin, they kept spitting it up.

OneLady

one of my twins is on Neocate and it is covered by our insurance. Good thing too since I bought a few cans OOP and they are $46 each! I wouldn't say that it is a thick formula.

axh2277

DS is on Neocate and it was covered by insurance.  Look at their website - they have a list of state resources and form letters for dealing with your insurance company.  In Mass they automatically cover it (you may have a co-pay depending on the insurance) until a year old and then prior authorization is needed. 

katherinemichel

https://www.neocate.com/aaa_neocate/reimbursement.aspx

Texas will be join the select few states that cover it on 1/1/10.

Hopefully you're insurance will cover it. DS is on EleCare and it's about the same as Neocate, but United HealthCare won't cover any formula even though he's got a g-tube.

lstaylor73

My twins are on Neocate mixed to 30 calories and are fed through a G tube because they have such severer reflux/GERD.  It is covered by our insurance as per our state's law.  You can go to the Neocate website and they have a page dedicated to info for each state that has laws covering the cost of elemental formulas as well as other assistance programs if the your state doesn't have a law requiring insurance covers the cost of this formula. 

It's not a thick formula, even when mixed to 30 calories and it may need to be thickened with something like rice cereal or Simply Thick.