We ask the requesting facility to pay shipping as well. Usually they comply.
Joyce Weems Pathology Manager Saint Joseph's Hospital 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30342 678-843-7376 - Phone 678-843-7831 - Fax -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Cartun Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:23 AM To: Histonet Subject: [Histonet] Who pays ...... for the express shipping when another medical institution requests a patient's pathology slides and/or unstains or paraffin block for additional testing? In my opinion, the requesting institution should provide a FedEx, UPS or other account number for this. After all, they will be billing the patient's insurance for the consult and/or special testing that is to be performed. This is a major cost to our Department that, as you know, cannot be billed to insurance. I have instructed our staff to ask for an account number; many facilities supply one, others do not. What do you do at your facility? Thank you. Richard Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD Director, Histology & Immunopathology Director, Biospecimen Collection Programs Assistant Director, Anatomic Pathology Hartford Hospital 80 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102 (860) 545-1596 Office (860) 545-2204 Fax _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
