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Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Wexler who wrote (1462)	6/21/1999 11:51:00 PM
From: golden_tee	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10293

I have no position in CCSI. I'd like to interject that when my daughter was born just over 2 years ago, I had to sit in the room while they pricked her foot and squeezed out enough blood to fill their vial for a bilirubin test. She screamed and cried and looked to her daddy for help. I could do nothing but watch. I would have paid a fortune for a non-invasive solution. I know that this stuff is meaningless to you wexler, but it isn't to a parent.

To: Bill Wexler who wrote (1462)	6/22/1999 1:45:00 AM
From: BDR	Respond to of 10293

Funny, Janybird didn't respond to my question about CLIA. If she thinks it is irrelevant she might want to start here: hcfa.gov HCFA has a few hoops for the Tlc Bilitest to jump through before we see mommies at home (let alone physicians in their offices) gently testing infant's bilirubin levels (with machines costing $3000 a pop?). Perhaps CLIA has been addressed in the company filings. I just don't recall any mention of the test's status. <Current bilirubin blood tests are safe, effective, extremely accurate, and most importantly...very, very cheap.> I don't know what a neonatal bilirubin test costs the hospital or how much third parties reimburse but my local hospital charges $32. I am sure third parties are going to pay less than that which makes the $10 per lensette a significant chunk of the total revenue generated by the test. I have no idea whether that is an attractive reimbursement formula or not for the hospital.