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This referral requires charity care.

Jordlee Thomas on the 8th floor of IMA is the department manager and has helped out EHHOP patients in the past.

Senior Clinician

Place an order for the referral in Epic.Before clinic ends, communicate the necessity and urgency of the referral to the TS.Inform ACT about the referral and send the patient to ACT.

Teaching Senior

Communicate the referral to ACT.

Access to Care Team

Make sure the patient has charity care.If not, follow the process to obtain charity care for the patient.Once the patient has charity care, contact Glaucoma to make the appointment.Then, call the patient to see if he/she can attend the appointment.Then, email the Emerging Referrals Manager.

Visit the Financial Services page when you arrive at your patient's FS appointment for further directions.

Emerging Referrals Manager

Cost

The cost of an appointment for patients with charity care level 1 is $15. Appointments will be more expensive for patients with a higher charity care level. For these prices, contact the Emerging Referrals Manager.

Appointment costs by charity care level are as follows:

CCL1 - $15
CCL2 - $18
CCL3 - $36
CCL4 - $90
CCL5 - $108
CCL6 - $135
CCL7 - $180

Wait time

Once the patient has charity care, it takes about 10 weeks for a glaucoma appointment to be scheduled.

Contact information

IMA Glaucoma, 8th floor, 17 East 102nd St. (212) 241-7676

Jordlee Thomas on the 8th floor of IMA is the department manager and has helped out EHHOP patients in the past.

For questions, please reach out to the EHHOPhtho Teaching Senior and/or the ACT Referrals Chair (see EHHOP Roster).