CONTACTS 
0202 - University of California San Franci                                                                                                                                O-00000835 0404
020201 - Ms. Sheridan L. Tinker                                                                                                                                           O-00000835 0404
020202 - New Patient Coordinator
020204 - Admissions                                                                                                                                                       O-00000835 0404

SUBJECTS
Payment Kaiser 2nd Opinion from UCSF Stanford
Telecon Richard UCSF Payment by Kaiser for Medical Expenses to Recov

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0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
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050601 - Follow up ref SDS 10 0000. ref SDS 8 0000.
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051001 - UCFS Medical Center
051002 - UCFS Cancer Center
051003 - Referral Numbers...
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051005 - Follow up ref SDS 10 I58H, ref SDS 8 I58H.
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051007 - Called and left another message for Richard Remay in the Financial
051008 - Counseling office at UCSF....
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0513 - 1024 Richard called back.
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051401 - Richard's call seems to relate to Sheridan's letter on 041006
051402 - discussing "self-pay" issues. ref SDS 8 RS4K  The letter responding to
051403 - Sheradin, also, on 041006 noted that costs could escalate toward $15K
051404 - and above. ref SDS 8 VR6R
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051407 - Richard said that Sheridan forwarded a voice message I left on 041006
051408 - for Sheridan and mentioning cost for 2nd opinion, which was later
051409 - confirmed in the letter on 041006. ref SDS 8 VR6R
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051412 - During the call this morning, confirmed we are prepared to pay an
051413 - initial $700 for a visit.  We need to be making arrangements to have
051414 - in place a process for insurance coverage of any additional expense,
051415 - and to recover all expenses.
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051418 - We reviewed the record in the case studies Millie cited in the letter
051419 - to Sheridan on 041002. ref SDS 6 Y29R
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051422 - Richard explained that UCSF gets a lot of referrals from Kaiser
051423 - patients that require exercising legal rights against Kaiser for
051424 - payment of medical expenses, including opinions, and treatment.  He
051425 - said that Kaiser has a patient assistance office for appealing
051426 - decisions not to pay for outside treatment.  The State of California
051427 - has specific laws that govern HMO payments for patient treatments.
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051430 - Richard understands that UCSF doctors are sensitive to the fact their
051431 - work product could be used in litigation.
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051433 -      [...in another record today initiated legal inquiry for
051434 -      protection of rights to recover reasonable and necessary medical
051435 -      expenses under insurance obligations. ref SDS 11 OR66
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