As my Buddy Jill said "DITTO" protocol here at Dartmouth...
PVR/SLP study is positive, the duplex is justified and we also have not had
a problem with reimbursement of both exams being performed on the same visit.
Patient comes first!





J2


Jack I. Siegel, BA RVT
Technical Director
Vascular Surgery
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NH
Veterans Administration Medical Center, VT
603-650-8145
603-650-4737 fax




--- UVM Flownet wrote:
Well said Ann Marie. As much as I would love to streamline our workflow, we
need to do what is most beneficial to the patient. This is especially true in
the renal population who cannot run the risk of "toasting their kidneys". If the
PVR/SLP study is positive, the duplex is justified and we usually have not had
a problem with reimbursement of both exams being performed on the same visit.

~Jill

Valerie Jill Myers, RVT
Program Director, Peripheral Vascular Lab
UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothrop St. PUH E-160
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
phone: 412-647-1670
fax: 412-647-1669

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