[Nikki1262]

The FINAL adoption of our son happened in October 2003. He has mulitple disibilities and has had medicaid since birth. They told me at the adoption that he would be issued a NEW NUMBER and a new card would be sent. IT HAS BEEN 4 months since we adopted and i have been able to order supplies that i need without any problem.
WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY IN 2 days and i just got a phone call from the hospital telling me that his medicaid will NOT give prior approval for the surgery because his name and number dont match. We had to cancel the surgery (they told us that he is NOT being refused the procedure HOWEVER if we do it WITHOUT medicaid approval WE WILL GET THE ENTIRE BILL including the doctors fee/ hospital/anesthesia etc etc.

does anyone have any thoughts on HOW long is reasonable to wait for his new name to catch up with his new medicaid number.
UGHHHHH!!! sometimes this system frustrates me.
There are no post adoption services and it is very frustrating
nikki1262