Wow !

Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Berger" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:23 AM
Subject: [SCUBA-SE] DAN? Hmmmm...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: MedicalHyperbarics.com [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:31 PM
> Subject: Recompression Chamber Network To Stop Accepting DAN Insurance
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Dallas, Texas, January 9, 2006: The Recompression chamber network branded
> SSS (Sub-aquatic Safety Services), in service in a dozen popular dive
> destinations worldwide (and in most cases the only chamber in a several
> hundred mile radius), has been forced to notify the public that certain
> facilities in some destinations effective immediately, and others
> progressively so, will NO longer accept the Divers Alert Network (DAN)
> AMERICA insurance as a payment method for hyperbaric chamber and medical
> services.
>
> It is hard enough to maintain the facilities available 24/7 with optimal
> technical, administrative and operational readiness, but with the
> underpayment and non-payment of bills, some over a year old by DAN 
> America;
> the chambers feel obligated to the diving public to remain open. To that 
> end
> the chambers can no longer tolerate unpaid services, and since the only
> insurer in the world who has refused to settle our bills is DAN America,
> thus some SSS chambers have no other choice but to ask DAN America 
> patients
> to pay for services when rendered and file the claims themselves with DAN
> America for any possible reimbursement.  Please note that this action
> applies only to DAN AMERICA. It does not apply to DAN Europe, DAN Southern
> Africa, DAN Southeast Asia-Pacific or DAN Japan.
>
> Divers are advised to check with their insurance carrier prior to travel 
> to
> secure verification of coverage.
>
> For inquiries, please contact [log in to unmask]
>