ULTRASOUND Messages for September, 2005: Re: Maternal Fetal Medicine Foundation

Re: Maternal Fetal Medicine Foundation

From: Orlando Ultrasound

orlandoultrasound@hotmail.com

Fri Sep 23 22:06:18 2005

Of those out there whom do insurance billing for fetal ultrasound exams (76811-full detailed fetal studies), what do you think of Aetna's reimbursement guidelines. They have taken statements from the maternal fetal medicine organizations and formed a reimbursement plan to pay for this code with a few distinct ICD codes. If those codes are not met then they will only pay for the limited 76805 exam/code. The lesser code only pays about 53% of the detailed exam.

Is anyone in this ultrasiound scanning realm facing this issue, and what are you doing to circumvent this problem.

Kevin

Kevin Snider RDMS,RDCS,RVT

Chad Hall RDMS, RDCS, RVT

Orlando Ultrasound Associates, Inc.

Diagnostics - Consulting- Education

Office: (407)273-7303

Toll Free: (866)-613-7303

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From: Dave Berck <djberck@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ultrasound@obgyn.net
To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND <ultrasound@dns.obgyn.net>
Subject: Maternal Fetal Medicine Foundation
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:16:07 -0500

I have just been invited to join the Maternal Fetal Medicine Foundation and to give them money. They seem to be involved with quality assurance for NT measurements / 1st trimester screening. Does anyone have any experience with this organization? Who does my money go to? Why should I give them money to do something the FMF and NTD labs do for free? I'm trying to justify membership in yet another organization. Thanks.

Dave Berck, MD, MPH

David J. Berck, MD, MPH

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