Universial Screening and Reinbursement

[John Wiggs]

Typicl government beuracracy, they discovered that the program of
screening newborns is casting them money-so they simply refuse to help.
Your tax dollar at work,eh? - JW

On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, John Carter wrote:

> We starting a universial newborn screening program using OAE.  Our 
> hospital is located in Georgia and has a high number of Medicaid 
> patients.  At first we were told that Medicaid reinbursed for this 
> procedure, however, as the program has begun we are now being told 
> that it is not.  Has anyone had similar problems?  How were they 
> resolved?  Thanks.
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