Billing, I believe is per specimen, not per block. You may receive a specimen and divide it into 20 blocks, but it is still just one charge.
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 3:54 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; LauraJones Subject: RE: [Histonet] prostate bx containers Your pathologist is right. You cannot. Billing is PER block René J. --- On Mon, 7/11/11, Jones, Laura <lpjo...@srhs-pa.org> wrote: From: Jones, Laura <lpjo...@srhs-pa.org> Subject: RE: [Histonet] prostate bx containers To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Date: Monday, July 11, 2011, 1:15 PM We looked at these, but our Pathologist's first question was "can we bill for 6 or 8 bottles if they are technically all in one?" How is that handled? ________________________________________ From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Dessoye, Michael J [mjdess...@wvhcs.org] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 11:44 AM To: Sheila Adey; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] prostate bx containers We don't currently use them but I've used them in the past. As long as you don't 'bump' them on the grossing station while they're open, they're fine. I have yet to see one leak. Michael J. Dessoye, M.S. | Histology Supervisor | Wyoming Valley Health Care System | mjdess...@wvhcs.org <mailto:mjdess...@wvhcs.org> | 575 N. River Street | Wilkes Barre, PA 18764 | Tel: 570-552-1485 | Fax: 570-552-1526 ________________________________ From: Sheila Adey [mailto:sa...@hotmail.ca] Sent: Sat 7/9/2011 9:36 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] prostate bx containers Hello: Has anyone used these prostate biopsy collection containers from Simport? It looks like a petri dish and has 12 individual wells in it, each one labelled with the location from the prostate. We are going to trial them but I would like some opinions on them. We currently get 10 to 12 bottles per case. So, all the bx's could go in this one container. Thanks Sheila _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of the message. 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