Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 How do you figure the cost of nutrition services into the surgery price? Is this something your accounting department worked out? We were losing patients because we required them to pay for pre-op RD appointments up front. We have since been offering this service for free. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Cheryl Deitsch, MA, RD >>> " Bizzarro, Missy " <Missy.Bizzarro@...> 12/1/2008 11:27 am >>> We are trying to gather statistics on how many people utilize our nutrition follow-up services for 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and one year post op. Our patients are not billed for these services as the price of this is figured into the surgery price. We are a department of the hospital that provides pre and post op nutrition, exercise and psychological services to 3 Bariatric Surgeons in the hospital network. I know I have seen emails in the past regarding the difficulty in getting patients to return for their follow-ups. Does anybody have any statistics on percentage of surgery patients that come back for their follow-ups for nutrition? If you do that would be wonderful. I really like this listserve and have gained a lot of valuable information from it. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Missy Bizzarro RD, LD Bariatric Dietitian Weight Loss Surgery Kettering/ Sycamore Hospitals Miamisburg, Ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hi Cheryl, When bariatric surgeries were growing here, the hospital accounting dept. figured how much they should charge for each presurgery evaluation and added that to the cost of the surgeries. Then they created our department figuring that would pay for our salaries ( we have 1.5 RD’s, 1.5 EP’s, program mgr, 2 Bariatric RN’s and 1.5 psychologists). I believe each discipline’s (psych, nutrition, exerc.) evaluation is $178. If a patient decides not to have surgery or goes elsewhere for surgery, then they are sent a bill (they sign paperwork acknowledging this upfront). They also figured in 4 post-op nutrition and one exercise physiologist post-op appt into the surgery price. We are not able to bill for post-op over a year or if patients want to come over 4 times in first year. Let me know if you have any more questions. Missy Bizzarro RD, LD From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Cheryl Deitsch Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 11:44 AM To: Subject: Re: follow-ups? How do you figure the cost of nutrition services into the surgery price? Is this something your accounting department worked out? We were losing patients because we required them to pay for pre-op RD appointments up front. We have since been offering this service for free. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Cheryl Deitsch, MA, RD >>> " Bizzarro, Missy " <Missy.Bizzarrokhnetwork (DOT) org> 12/1/2008 11:27 am >>> We are trying to gather statistics on how many people utilize our nutrition follow-up services for 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and one year post op. Our patients are not billed for these services as the price of this is figured into the surgery price. We are a department of the hospital that provides pre and post op nutrition, exercise and psychological services to 3 Bariatric Surgeons in the hospital network. I know I have seen emails in the past regarding the difficulty in getting patients to return for their follow-ups. Does anybody have any statistics on percentage of surgery patients that come back for their follow-ups for nutrition? If you do that would be wonderful. I really like this listserve and have gained a lot of valuable information from it. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Missy Bizzarro RD, LD Bariatric Dietitian Weight Loss Surgery Kettering/ Sycamore Hospitals Miamisburg, Ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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