Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Hello to all- I have two quick questions for the group- 1) Am I correct to assume the cost of an interpreter for recipient eval can be renal acquisition. 2) Has anyone had to get prior auth for the living donor under the recipient's insurance when you have prior auth for the recipient already, which includes living donor benefits? Thanks for the feedback- Michele Snyders, MSW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Hi, 1) Interpreters are paid for by our hospital and while they track which depts use the service they do not "ding" depts for it...yet. If they do start to charge the cost back to the transplant budget, we will start deferring those charges to the KACC. 2) I have had just one experience of needing prior auth for a donor whose recipient had the benefit, and there was no problem -----Original Message-----From: michelesnyders Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:39 AMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: two questionsHello to all- I have two quick questions for the group-1) Am I correct to assume the cost of an interpreter for recipient eval can be renal acquisition.2) Has anyone had to get prior auth for the living donor under the recipient's insurance when you have prior auth for the recipient already, which includes living donor benefits?Thanks for the feedback-Michele Snyders, MSW IMPORTANT NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you should contact the sender and delete the message. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message is strictly prohibited. Nothing in this email, including any attachment, is intended to be a legally binding signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 I always get a separate auth not for the "donor" but for the Live Donor Liver (or Kidney) Transplant. I have had issues before where the case manager called to say they were not aware it was a live donor transplant so I make sure to cover all bases. Pat Hogan -----Original Message-----From: on, :LPH Trnsplnt Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:51 PMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: RE: two questions Hi, 1) Interpreters are paid for by our hospital and while they track which depts use the service they do not "ding" depts for it...yet. If they do start to charge the cost back to the transplant budget, we will start deferring those charges to the KACC. 2) I have had just one experience of needing prior auth for a donor whose recipient had the benefit, and there was no problem -----Original Message-----From: michelesnyders Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:39 AMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: two questionsHello to all- I have two quick questions for the group-1) Am I correct to assume the cost of an interpreter for recipient eval can be renal acquisition.2) Has anyone had to get prior auth for the living donor under the recipient's insurance when you have prior auth for the recipient already, which includes living donor benefits?Thanks for the feedback-Michele Snyders, MSW IMPORTANT NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you should contact the sender and delete the message. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message is strictly prohibited. Nothing in this email, including any attachment, is intended to be a legally binding signature.See our web page at http://www.lahey.org for a full directory of Lahey sites, staff, services and career opportunities.THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED FOR THE USE OF THE PERSON TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED. IT MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. If you are not the intended recipient, your use of this message for any purpose is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete the message and notify the sender so that we may correct our records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Under our prior ownership the interpreter cost did not get allocated to our dept & we have not needed one since change in ownership. I would think now it would be allocated to Kidney Acquisition if it was for pretransplant eval & to our dept for post. Cigna requires us to get seperate auth for living donors & some BCBS plans. We inform any commercial, PPO, HMO insurances of a potential living donors & find out if they cover them or require special auth. -----Original Message-----From: michelesnyders Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:39 AMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: two questionsHello to all- I have two quick questions for the group-1) Am I correct to assume the cost of an interpreter for recipient eval can be renal acquisition.2) Has anyone had to get prior auth for the living donor under the recipient's insurance when you have prior auth for the recipient already, which includes living donor benefits?Thanks for the feedback-Michele Snyders, MSW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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