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How do I transfer my patient to Bellevue, Tisch, or the VA?
Bellevue
Hospital
- The physician
from the sending facility or the in-house physician who has accepted
the transfers starts the transfer process by calling our Transfer
Coordinating Center at (212) 562-6458. The physician should give the
Name of the Facility, Name of Patient, Sex, Age, Location of the Patient,
Diagnosis, Referring Physician name and specialty, referring physician
phone number or pager. The TCC contacts the specific on-call attending
physician of the service via pager and will arrange for transport
if the patient is coming from an HHC facility.
Tisch
Hospital
- Transfers into
Tisch require an accepting attending physician with privileges at
NYU Hospitals Center.
- The first step
is identifying an accepting attending physician. The accepting physician
calls or faxes a request for transfer to the Pre-Admitting Nurse in
Tisch Admitting (Patient Access) at 263-7014, or 263-5005, fax 38960.
A resident can begin this process, but we'll need verification from
the accepting physician that they are accepting the patient.
- The information
we need to evaluate a candidate for transfer include their name, social
security number, and date of birth, their insurance information (or
a phone number where we can obtain this information), their current
location and a phone number there where we can verify the patient's
clinical status.
- We are required
to verify several points prior to a transfer: that the insurance company
verifies coverage, and, if needed, authorizes payment for transfer,
or that other payment arrangements are feasible; that the patient
clinically requires transfer to Tisch (meets medical necessity criteria
for reimbursement, is not medically futile, can be discharged when
ready to an appropriate setting), and that a bed at an appropriate
level of care is available.
- We are here to
work with you to facilitate the process of transfer, to jump these
specific mandated hurdles, and get your patients the care they need.
We ask for your patience and your help. If you require additional
assistance or explanations, please call Steven Weiner, Senior Director
of Patient Access, 263-0776, pager 917-205-4359, or Mary Lawson, Director,
at 263-0463, or a supervisor at 263-5005.
VA
Medical Center
- It's ideal to
use another VA site for services that aren't offered at the Manhattan
VA; transferring to a non-VA hospital can be quite difficult.
- Transfers to
a non-VA site must be approved by a VA physician without ties to the
referred to institution to avoid the appearance of or actual conflict
of interests.
- Dr. Mort Weissfelner
(acting chief ER) is the point person in NY. He also approves transfers
from other VAs or for veterans currently hospitalized at a private
or public institution who need to come to our VA.
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