RE: Donor Complications (again)

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Thank you so much!!

Donor Complications (again)

Hi All,

Help!! I have a kidney donor who has experienced spinal pain since

the

live

donor kidney transplant in August. The recipient was not on dialysis

so was

not on Medicare. She had a group HMO plan which authorized and paid

for the

transplant. The donor now has no insurance and the HMO plan is

refusing to

authorize his treatment. The docs here think he has a slipped disc

due

to

positioning during the procedure. I need some advice as to what to

do.

Do

I contact the recipient and have her apply for Medicare retroactively

so we

can put it on the cost report? I know we have an obligation to treat

this

donor but I would also prefer we not eat the costs involved.

Any help this wonderful group can give would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Pat Hogan

Lahey Clinic

Burlington,MA