RE: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B

[Guest guest]

Hi ,Part B is supposed to reimburse at 100% of Medicare if the bill is properly coded.Hope this helps,Thanks,BillReply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Date: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:00 PMTo: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Subject: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B

Good Afternoon all. Can someone please clarify, does Part B reimburse the donor surgeon 100% of Medicare rate, or is the donor surgeon simply not allowed to collect the co-insurance? Thanks for sharing your experience! on Transplant Financial Coordinator Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital Legacy Transplant Services 1040 NW 22nd Ave Ste 480 Portland OR 97210 direct main office toll-free fax lmorriso@... "The finding of the Higgs boson affirms a grand view of a universe described by simple and elegant and sym!

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Thanks much, Bill! From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ] On Behalf Of Bill VaughanSent: Monday, July 16, 2012 3:16 PMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: Re: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B Hi ,Part B is supposed to reimburse at 100% of Medicare if the bill is properly coded. Hope this helps,Thanks,Bill Reply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Date: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:00 PMTo: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Subject: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B Good Afternoon all. Can someone please clarify, does Part B reimburse the donor surgeon 100% of Medicare rate, or is the donor surgeon simply not allowed to collect the co-insurance? Thanks for sharing your experience! on Transplant Financial Coordinator Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital Legacy Transplant Services 1040 NW 22nd Ave Ste 480 Portland OR 97210 direct main office toll-free fax lmorriso@... " The finding of the Higgs boson affirms a grand view of a universe described by simple and elegant and sym! metrical laws — but one in which everything interesting, like ourselves, results from flaws or breaks in that symmetry. " - Dennis Overbye, NYT

[Guest guest]

Hi,

So this would hold true in a paired exchange as well? I have been told that a recipient would be balance billed after Medicare for the living donor harvest

in a paired exchange because the harvesting facility does not participate with the medicare supplemental plan.

Thanks for your input –

Deidra

Deidra M. Simano

Transplant Operations Analyst

Department of Transplant Surgery

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Lebanon

Phone: (603) 653.3689 / Fax: (603) 676.4287

Transplant Secretary (603) 653.3931

Dartmouth-Hitchcock.org

From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ]

On Behalf Of Bill Vaughan

Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:16 PM

To: TxFinancialCoordinators

Subject: Re: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B

Hi ,

Part B is supposed to reimburse at 100% of Medicare if the bill is properly coded.

Hope this helps,

Thanks,

Bill

From:

" on, :LPH Trnsplnt "

Reply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >

Date: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:00 PM

To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >

Subject: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B

Good Afternoon all. Can someone please clarify, does Part B reimburse the donor surgeon 100% of Medicare rate, or is the donor surgeon simply not allowed to collect the co-insurance?

Thanks for sharing your experience!

on

Transplant Financial Coordinator

Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital

Legacy Transplant Services

1040 NW 22nd Ave Ste 480

Portland OR 97210

direct

main office

toll-free

fax

lmorriso@...

" The finding of the Higgs boson affirms a grand view of a universe described by simple and elegant and sym! metrical laws — but one in which everything

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Hi Deidra,Balance billing is not an option. Live donors are not to be billed.Hope this helps,Thanks,BillReply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:39 PMTo: "TxFinancialCoordinators " <TxFinancialCoordinators >Subject: RE: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B

Hi, So this would hold true in a paired exchange as well? I have been told that a recipient would be balance billed after Medicare for the living donor harvest

in a paired exchange because the harvesting facility does not participate with the medicare supplemental plan. Thanks for your input –

Deidra Deidra M. SimanoTransplant Operations AnalystDepartment of Transplant SurgeryDartmouth-Hitchcock LebanonPhone: (603) 653.3689 / Fax: (603) 676.4287Transplant Secretary (603) 653.3931Dartmouth-Hitchcock.org From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ]

On Behalf Of Bill VaughanSent: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:16 PMTo: TxFinancialCoordinators Subject: Re: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B Hi ,Part B is supposed to reimburse at 100% of Medicare if the bill is properly coded. Hope this helps,Thanks,Bill From:

"on, :LPH Trnsplnt" Reply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Date: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:00 PMTo: <TxFinancialCoordinators >Subject: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B Good Afternoon all. Can someone please clarify, does Part B reimburse the donor surgeon 100% of Medicare rate, or is the donor surgeon simply not allowed to collect the co-insurance?

Thanks for sharing your experience! on

Transplant Financial Coordinator

Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital

Legacy Transplant Services

1040 NW 22nd Ave Ste 480

Portland OR 97210

direct

main office

toll-free

fax lmorriso@... "The finding of the Higgs boson affirms a grand view of a universe described by simple and elegant and sym! metrical laws — but one in which everything

interesting, like ourselves, results from flaws or breaks in that symmetry." - Dennis Overbye, NYT

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It does, thank you very much.

I look forward to conference this year!

Deidra

Deidra M. Simano

Transplant Operations Analyst

Department of Transplant Surgery

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Lebanon

Phone: (603) 653.3689 / Fax: (603) 676.4287

Transplant Secretary (603) 653.3931

Dartmouth-Hitchcock.org

From: TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ]

On Behalf Of Bill Vaughan

Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:02 PM

To: TxFinancialCoordinators

Subject: Re: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B

Hi Deidra,

Balance billing is not an option. Live donors are not to be billed.

Hope this helps,

Thanks,

Bill

From:

" Deidra M. Simano "

Reply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >

Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:39 PM

To: " TxFinancialCoordinators " <TxFinancialCoordinators >

Subject: RE: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B

Hi,

So this would hold true in a paired exchange as well? I have been told that a recipient would be balance billed after Medicare for the living donor harvest in a

paired exchange because the harvesting facility does not participate with the medicare supplemental plan.

Thanks for your input –

Deidra

Deidra M. Simano

Transplant Operations Analyst

Department of Transplant Surgery

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Lebanon

Phone: (603) 653.3689 / Fax: (603) 676.4287

Transplant Secretary (603) 653.3931

Dartmouth-Hitchcock.org

From:

TxFinancialCoordinators [mailto:TxFinancialCoordinators ]

On Behalf Of Bill Vaughan

Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:16 PM

To: TxFinancialCoordinators

Subject: Re: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B

Hi ,

Part B is supposed to reimburse at 100% of Medicare if the bill is properly coded.

Hope this helps,

Thanks,

Bill

From:

" on, :LPH Trnsplnt "

Reply-To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >

Date: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:00 PM

To: <TxFinancialCoordinators >

Subject: kidney donor surgeon reimbursement under Part B

Good Afternoon all. Can someone please clarify, does Part B reimburse the donor surgeon 100% of Medicare rate, or is the donor surgeon simply not allowed to collect the co-insurance?

Thanks for sharing your experience!

on

Transplant Financial Coordinator

Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital

Legacy Transplant Services

1040 NW 22nd Ave Ste 480

Portland OR 97210

direct

main office

toll-free

fax

lmorriso@...

" The finding of the Higgs boson affirms a grand view of a universe described by simple and elegant and sym! metrical laws — but one in which everything

interesting, like ourselves, results from flaws or breaks in that symmetry. " - Dennis Overbye, NYT

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