Re: Medicare and Dental Services

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HI ,Check and see if an Oral Surgeon (MD) will do it. Medicare pays for Oral Surgeons in some cases.Hope this helps,Thanks,BillReply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:20 PMTo: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Subject: Medicare and Dental Services

Hi team,

I have a patient who needs to be listed for heart transplant, but the physician is requiring that his teeth be extracted prior to listing. He is too unstable to be discharged from the hospital and have these services performed at an outpatient facility. Does anyone know if Medicare would cover the extraction since it is medically necessary? I'm thinking not, but I'm hoping that some of you will prove me wrong and make me have a better day.

Thanks,

Garrison

Transplant Financial Coordinator

Cardiac Transplant Department

Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City

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So then the extractions would be billed to the insurance and not the acquisition cost center? M. Christiansen, BAS, RNTransplant Financial Case Manager DeVos Heart and Lung Transplant Program100 Michigan NEMC 231Grand Rapids, MI 49503Phone: Pager: Fax: lisa.christiansen@... From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of Bill VaughanSent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:29 PMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: Re: Medicare and Dental Services HI ,Check and see if an Oral Surgeon (MD) will do it. Medicare pays for Oral Surgeons in some cases. Hope this helps,Thanks,Bill Reply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:20 PMTo: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Subject: Medicare and Dental Services Hi team,I have a patient who needs to be listed for heart transplant, but the physician is requiring that his teeth be extracted prior to listing. He is too unstable to be discharged from the hospital and have these services performed at an outpatient facility. Does anyone know if Medicare would cover the extraction since it is medically necessary? I'm thinking not, but I'm hoping that some of you will prove me wrong and make me have a better day. :)Thanks, GarrisonTransplant Financial CoordinatorCardiac Transplant DepartmentSaint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City

[Guest guest]

Ah, true! If these charges are incurred during the hospital stay, that would be

written off onto the cost center, correct?

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> So then the extractions would be billed to the insurance and not the

acquisition cost center?

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> M. Christiansen, BAS, RN

> Transplant Financial Case Manager

> DeVos Heart and Lung Transplant Program

> 100 Michigan NE

> MC 231

> Grand Rapids, MI 49503

> Phone: Pager: Fax:

> lisa.christiansen@...

>

>

> From: TxFinancialCoordinators

[mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of Bill Vaughan

> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:29 PM

> To: TxFinancialCoordinators

> Subject: Re: Medicare and Dental Services

>

>

> HI ,

> Check and see if an Oral Surgeon (MD) will do it. Medicare pays for Oral

Surgeons in some cases.

>

> Hope this helps,

> Thanks,

> Bill

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<TxFinancialCoordinators <mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators@yahoogro\

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> Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:20 PM

> To:

<TxFinancialCoordinators <mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators@yahoogro\

ups.com>>

> Subject: Medicare and Dental Services

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>

>

> Hi team,

> I have a patient who needs to be listed for heart transplant, but the

physician is requiring that his teeth be extracted prior to listing. He is too

unstable to be discharged from the hospital and have these services performed at

an outpatient facility. Does anyone know if Medicare would cover the extraction

since it is medically necessary? I'm thinking not, but I'm hoping that some of

you will prove me wrong and make me have a better day.

>

> Thanks,

> Garrison

> Transplant Financial Coordinator

> Cardiac Transplant Department

> Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,The decision to transplant or not is based on teeth in the mouth. If they remove the teeth it will be treatment and billed to the patient and payer.Hope this helps,Thanks,BillReply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:52 AMTo: <txfinancialcoordinators >Subject: RE: Medicare and Dental Services

So then the extractions would be billed to the insurance and not the acquisition cost center? M. Christiansen, BAS, RNTransplant Financial Case Manager DeVos Heart and Lung Transplant Program100 Michigan NEMC 231Grand Rapids, MI 49503Phone: Pager: Fax: lisa.christiansen@... From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of Bill VaughanSent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:29 PMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: Re: Medicare and Dental Services!

HI ,Check and see if an Oral Surgeon (MD) will do it. Medicare pays for Oral Surgeons in some cases. Hope this helps,Thanks,Bill Reply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:20 PMTo: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Subject: Medicare and Dental Services Hi team,I have a patient who needs to be listed for heart transplant, but the physician is requiring that his teeth be extracted prior to listing. He is too unstable to be discharged from the hospital and have these services performed at an outpatient facility. Does anyone know if Medicare would cover the extraction since it is medically necessary? I'm thinking not, but I'm hoping that some of you will prove me wrong and make me have a better day. :)Thanks, GarrisonTransplant Financial CoordinatorCardiac Transplant DepartmentSaint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City!