Yearly follow up lab work for donors

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

What are your programs doing about paying for donor yearly follow up blood work?

Is this paid through the cost report? For how long after the transplant?

Appreciate any advice.

Hartford Hospital Transplant Program

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[Guest guest]

All of our donor follow up visits including bloodwork are being billed to our

cost report for a lifetime. I have yet to bill a donor for services related to

donor nephrectomy.

E.

Transplant Financial Coordinator

Temple University Hospital

Yearly follow up lab work for donors

Hi All,

What are your programs doing about paying for donor yearly follow up blood work?

Is this paid through the cost report? For how long after the transplant?

Appreciate any advice.

Hartford Hospital Transplant Program

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

In our opinion, the annual follow-up for

donors is not an allowable expense for the cost report.

Thanks,

Bill

From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of anne Buccheri

Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:59

AM

To: TxFinancialCoordinators

Subject:

Yearly follow up lab work for donors

Hi All,

What are your programs doing about paying for

donor yearly follow up blood work? Is this paid through the cost report?

For how long after the transplant?

Appreciate any advice.

Hartford Hospital Transplant Program

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[Guest guest]

Bill, thanks for your response. As a followup, what is the " magic " time frame

for donor followup - is it 6 mos, 9 mos or 12 mos when it comes to claiming the

charges on the cost report?

>>> Vaughan@... 05/19/05 8:19 PM >>>

Hi,

In our opinion, the annual follow-up for donors is not an allowable expense

for the cost report.

Thanks,

Bill

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From: TxFinancialCoordinators

[mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of anne

Buccheri

Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:59 AM

To: TxFinancialCoordinators

Subject: Yearly follow up lab work for donors

Hi All,

What are your programs doing about paying for donor yearly follow up blood

work? Is this paid through the cost report? For how long after the

transplant?

Appreciate any advice.

Hartford Hospital Transplant Program

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[Guest guest]

HI,

I believe that the services rendered in the first 6 months are not a

problem. When it goes over 6 months, the documentation must be persuasive

that it is donation related. That means things like hernias and other

issues over 6 months must be well documented for Medicare to allow the cost.

Hope this helps,

Thanks,

Bill

From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of Dustyann Tyukody

Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 8:31 AM

To: Vaughan@...; TxFinancialCoordinators

Subject: RE:

Yearly follow up lab work fordonors

Bill, thanks for your response. As a followup, what is the

" magic " time frame for donor followup - is it 6 mos, 9 mos or 12 mos

when it comes to claiming the charges on the cost report?

>>> Vaughan@... 05/19/05 8:19 PM

>>>

Hi,

In our opinion, the annual follow-up for donors is

not an allowable expense

for the cost report.

Thanks,

Bill

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From: TxFinancialCoordinators

[mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ]

On Behalf Of anne

Buccheri

Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:59 AM

To: TxFinancialCoordinators

Subject: Yearly follow

up lab work for donors

Hi All,

What are your programs doing about paying for

donor yearly follow up blood

work? Is this paid through the cost report?

For how long after the

transplant?

Appreciate any advice.

Hartford Hospital Transplant Program

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