Guest guest Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Sorry to rain on your parade, Patti, but it doesn't look like this will happen any time soon-see below. For those who don't know Bill, he is also the legislative liason for UNOS on, as he refers to it, 'The Hill'. If he says the bill is dead for this Congress, it's dead (unfortunately). He is slated to speak in Nashville @ the TFCA Mtg, btw; I'm sure if there are any updates to this, he will announce it there. I know this was not the first attempt to do exactly what you referenced, , nor is Rep. Camp the first legislator to try to make it happen. Maybe one of these times it will actually pass. J. Aguiar Mayo Clinic Arizona From: Bill Lawrence Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 7:10 AMTo: Aguiar, J.Subject: RE: Medicare and Immunos , the cart is way before the horse here. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) introduced H.R. 3282 in August, 2007. This bill proposes to do exactly what your email says, but it's stuck in House Ways & Means and will not pass in this Congress despite efforts by many here in D.C. to move it. I am totally unaware of any change in position by Medicare, and they are not authorized or funded to do it. Bill G. Lawrence, Esq. Director of Patient Affairs UNOS From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of Woodward, LSent: Friday, August 01, 2008 6:52 AMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: Medicare and ImmunosImportance: High Ok, I want to make sure I have not missed something. I have a patient who is being told by her social worker at dialysis that Medicare has changed their rules on immunosuppression after transplant. She is stating that Medicare had determined that too many patients are loosing their organs due to inability to get immunos, so they have changed the rules and they supposedly now say that they will pay for immunos for the rest of the patient’s life once they are transplanted regardless of age or disability. Has anyone else heard this? I know it is something we are hoping for, but I am not aware of it taking place yet. Thanks in advance for your responses. L. Woodward, BSM, TFC Transplant Financial Coordinator University Hospital of Arkansas FAX .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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