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Hospital Gynecology

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This referral requires charity care.

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

Include the necessity and urgency of the referral in the weekly referrals@mssm.edu email.

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 the Emerging Referrals Manager to make the appointment. The Emerging Referrals Manager should clarify to Gynecology whether the patient requires an office visit or procedure.Then, the Case Manager should call the patient to see if he/she can attend the appointment.On the day of the appointment, the Case Manager should print and fill out a Gynecology voucher for either an office visit or procedure and deliver it to the Gynecology department. (This voucher will be provided by the Referrals Chair.)

Ambulatory Referrals Manager: George Mellgard

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 Ambulatory Referrals Manager: Greeshma Rajeev-Kumar.

Appointment costs by charity care level are as follows:

CCL1 - $10
CCL2 - $18
CCL3 - $36
CCL4 - $90
CCL5 - $108
CCL6 - $135
CCL7 - $180

Wait time

It takes about 2 weeks after a patient has received charity care for a gynecology appointment to be scheduled. Urgent referrals can be expedited. Contact the [Emerging Referrals Manager][ERM] if the referral is urgent and needs to be expedited.

Contact information

Location: 1176 5th Ave., E floor

Phone Number: (212) 241-5994
GYN clinic: 212-659-8557

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