Thanks Victoria. By any chance do you know the answer to my question about the way that the reference lab is charging us (they are only doing the technical component, our Pathologists are reading them)?
Valerie Valerie Hannen,MLT(ASCP),HTL,SU (FL) Section Chief, Histology Parrish Medical Center 951 N. Washington Ave. Titusville,Florida 32796 T: (321)268-6333 ext. 7506 F: (321) 268-6149 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.parrishmed.com From: Victoria Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 10:20 AM To: Hannen, Valerie Subject: Re: [Histonet] IHC charges If you send 3 blocks from specimen A requesting the same antibody on each, then you can only bill for one ab. If you are ordering three different ab's on each one then it is one initial and two additional. You bill by the specimen. If your case has 3 separate specimens (ABC) then they are considered 3 separate sites. If you have multiple blocks per specimen it is still considered one site. The same thing applies to ISH/FISH. Each now has initial and additional each requires a separate CDM and CPT. Also there can only be one initial antibody everything else is an additional. So if you order 2 AB's today its 1 initial 1 additional. Tomorrow you order 2 more. They are both additional even though its a totally new order. This is what I've been experiencing, would love to hear what nightmares others are having. Vikki On Mar 4, 2015 9:25 AM, "Hannen, Valerie" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Good Morning all.. We stopped doing IHC's some time ago and we send them out to a reference lab. If we send 4 blocks from 1 specimen, let's say part "A" and 2 blocks from specimen "B", from what I know, we can only charge for 1 block from each specimen per antibody. My question is this... Can the reference lab charge us for all 6 blocks?? Thanks in advance for your help! Valerie Hannen,MLT(ASCP),HTL,SU (FL) Section Chief, Histology Parrish Medical Center 951 N. Washington Ave. Titusville,Florida 32796 T: (321)268-6333 ext. 7506<tel:%28321%29268-6333%20ext.%207506> F: (321) 268-6149<tel:%28321%29%20268-6149> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> www.parrishmed.com<http://www.parrishmed.com> "This email is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately delete this message. Thank you" _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ====================================== "This email is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately delete this message. Thank you" ======================================
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