PRIVATE ROOMS

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Hello, Periodically our billing department receives a

request for why a patient required a private room post-TX. I've learned

that in the past, they have faxed over huge medical records, letters from doctors,

etc. This takes an enormous amount of time to track down doc's, records so

forth. The bottom line is that immunosupressed patients are required to have a

private room. I'm wondering how others deal with this? It seems it's

only Blue Cross and not for everyone of their patients. I am planning on

including this as part of my auth request.

thanks

F. Ewans

Financial Coordinator

Transplant Services

UMASS Memorial Medical Center

office

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