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Re: cesarean on demand From: fran wilson (530rose@msn.com) Fri Dec 30 16:37:08 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: cesarean on demand" Previous message: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: Cesarean on Demand" In reply to: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "cesarean on demand" Next in thread: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: cesarean on demand" Just say NO! Fran Wilson, CNM From: "Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D." <apgar10@montanadsl.net> Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> Subject: cesarean on demand Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:42:41 -0600 Thank you for all the responses, but there is a major point being missed.  In Montana, as a Medicaid participant, I am not allowed to balance bill anything.  Reimbursement for pregnancy is global, therefore given they will not pay for an unindicated procedure, they will pay for a standard prenatal care, delivery and postpartum care.  If the patient comes in within 30 days of her delivery date - particularly when she comes in in labor, I have to take care of her and cannot dismiss her.   As such, I am stuck doing a cesarean and not getting paid for it. Lynn   Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D. Maternal-Fetal Medicine, OB/GYN Rocky Mountain Women's Health 2835 Fort Missoula Rd., Suite 304 Missoula, Montana, 59804 406-549-0978 fax 406-549-0987 e-mail: apgar10@montanadsl.net   Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: cesarean on demand" Previous message: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: Cesarean on Demand" In reply to: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "cesarean on demand" Next in thread: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: cesarean on demand"

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