Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Yikes, everyday seems to be bringing on new issues. I have an elderly lady with osteoporosis, kyphosis, height shrinkage, etc who was asking about checking Vitamin D levels to see if she needs extra supplement. I complied, thinking no big deal, it is all over Oprah/Dr. Oz/etc and everyone is talking about it. Now the patient called stating that Medicare will not pay for the test unless I write a letter of medical necessity. My first thought was to write, Test was a medical necessity. Period. Amen. Any thoughts?? Are you guys ordering them?? It is the patient who gets stuck paying Quest though because they signed the advanced blah, blah, blah notice. I really don't want to have anything to do with medicare right now with this 21% paycut and our checks being held while they try to figure out if they will really go though with the paycut or not. Margaret Coughlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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