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Re: No more "chem 13"From: Betsy Hyde (elishyde@connix.com)Tue Nov 5 18:13:56 1996
>We had the pleasure today of beginning a new goverment required >process of ordering EACH and EVERY lab value individually for any and >all medicare patients. That is to say, no chem 13, no TFTs, no LFTs, >etc. > >What an incredible PITA, especially considering that these batteries >are all run on standardized panel machines anyway - this will not save >anyone money except by refusing to pay for labs when someone forgets >and orders the panel.... > >Damn government. May I also include the insurance companies in this..... the HMOs all have their preferred labs, and each lab has a different culture collection method. Now we are getting lists of medications which will be covered...for OCs some HMOs/PPOs want only Ortho products....but then again, some want Wyeth. Some require that we rx OCs weakly associated with increased risk of dvt. Will they cover me if I have to rx this and an otherwise healthy woman gets a dvt/pe? Some insurers will only cover certain antibiotics. Some HMOs will not cover gyn ultrasounds in the office. some require that we precertify for every ultrasound, some only for high risk, some for the second. And *NONE* of them will pay their bills on time! Our ARs are in the stratosphere.
-- Betsy Hyde CNM Branford, CT midwife in private ob/cnm practice associate clinical professor/Yale University
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