[Histonet] HPV testing on head and neck tumors and reimbursement

2018-01-22 Thread Martha Ward-Pathology via Histonet
Hello, My billing group wanted me to ask if anyone is seeing denials for reimbursement for HPV testing on male Medicare patients when it is performed on ffpe for head and neck tumors? We have seen a few denials recently and they wanted to see how everyone is handling the coding. This is

Re: [Histonet] [External Sender] Grossing qualifications

2018-01-22 Thread Hannen, Valerie via Histonet
No. 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 valerie.han...@parrishmed.com www.parrishmed.com -Original Message- From: Charles Riley via Histonet

Re: [Histonet] Decontamination Of Ventana Benchmark Ultra

2018-01-22 Thread Samantha Golden via Histonet
Our hospital orders office supplies from Staples and they carry the Lysol IC that we use for decon. Get Outlook for iOS From: Allan Wang via Histonet Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 9:10:37 AM To: Sharon

Re: [Histonet] Decontamination Of Ventana Benchmark Ultra

2018-01-22 Thread Allan Wang via Histonet
Lysol IC as recommended by the tech and manual. I just buy the concentrated one on Amazon and dilute it 1:250 Allan On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 8:27 AM, Sharon Dwyer via Histonet < histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > What solution are you using to do the decontamination of the Ventana >

[Histonet] Decontamination Of Ventana Benchmark Ultra

2018-01-22 Thread Sharon Dwyer via Histonet
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[Histonet] Grossing qualifications

2018-01-22 Thread Charles Riley via Histonet
Do histotechs and or histotechnicians qualify to do high complexity grossing without a pathologist or PA assistance? An example would be a large breast ressection. -- Charles Riley BS HT, HTL(ASCP)CM Histopathology Coordinator/ Mohs ___ Histonet