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Lani · 10-15-2007, 07:05 AM

is that it showed that virtual colonoscopy, should it become the gold standard, would save insurance companies a lot of money without risking missing questionable lesions needing biopsy in patients.

Once the bean counters get a hold of the results of this article I doubt they wil want to wait until larger numbers of patients are studied before agreeing to pay for virtual colonoscopy (it could take years, during which they will be paying out a lot of claims with extra expenses for surgicenter fees, anaesthesiologist fees, fees for anaesthetic agents, with fees set to cover salaries of recovery room nurses, monitoring, etc.as well as the requisite preop stuides, IVs etc.which will no longer be needed)

Hopefully this will push things along.

Let's hope, Hopeful!

10-15-2007, 07:05 AM	#12
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,783	One of the reasons I thought the article posted so important is that it showed that virtual colonoscopy, should it become the gold standard, would save insurance companies a lot of money without risking missing questionable lesions needing biopsy in patients. Once the bean counters get a hold of the results of this article I doubt they wil want to wait until larger numbers of patients are studied before agreeing to pay for virtual colonoscopy (it could take years, during which they will be paying out a lot of claims with extra expenses for surgicenter fees, anaesthesiologist fees, fees for anaesthetic agents, with fees set to cover salaries of recovery room nurses, monitoring, etc.as well as the requisite preop stuides, IVs etc.which will no longer be needed) Hopefully this will push things along. Let's hope, Hopeful!