At the Jan. Pro-LC mtg, our Physician of the Year, Jeanette Pleasure, M.D., told us that preemies who receivw formula have a 7% incidence of NEC, while preemies who receive human milk have a 1% incidence.

Jonathan

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 Rachel Miller
>How is everyone getting any reimbursement for donor milk for use with
>premies in your nurseries?
> The scoop: We have always had a Neonatologist wanting to use mom's milk.
>We finally have him convinced to use donor milk when mom's milk runs short.
>But as our Director of Women's and Children's Services is seeing the bills
>for it's use she is balking LOUDLY at signing the Purchase order for
>another order. And she says she will not continue to allow it's ordering if
>it is not being reimbursed for the patients it's billed to. Added to that
>we have a new Neo that fills in occasionally that will not use it because
>of the Guidelines for Perinatal Care doesn't recommend it and he will only
>do "standardized care".
>
>The director who controls the ordering monies is concerned only about the
>almighty dollar of her budget, not the health reasons it's need for these
>babies. So... It would help greatly if all you wise ones who've been doing
>this a while could share some information about any kind of reimbursement.
>(especially in the south or south carolina region). But we'd like to hear
>for others too.

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