Call:
(402) 559-5599
(888) 805-1115

Managed Care

E-Mail: dswanson@NebraskaMed.com for questions

Transplant Financial Counselors

Jamie Tilson	BMT-PSC (A-K)	(402) 559-7326
Jane Mueller	BMT-PSC (L-Z)	(402) 559-7324
Michael Chaney	Intestine (A-Z)	(402) 559-4106
Chelsey Schaefer	Kidney (A-K)	(402) 552-3084
	Liver (P-SR)	(402) 552-3084
Shannon Biere	Kidney (L-Z)	(404) 552-2101
	Liver (ST-Z)	(404) 552-2101

Contracts

Aetna (Institutes of Excellence)

Autologous
Allogeneic
Kidney
Intestine
Liver
Liver/Intestine

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska

All Transplants (except heart and lung)

Blue Quality Centers for Transplants

Autologous
Allogeneic
Liver
Kidney/Pancreas

Cigna (Life Source)

All transplants (except heart and lung)

Coventry Health Care of Nebraska

All transplants (except heart and lung)

**Coventry Health Care (non_Nebraska plans)

e-mail: dswanson@nebraskamed.com

Humana (National Transplant Network)

All Transplants (except heart and lung)

Kaiser Permanete (National Transplant Network)

Autologous
Allogeneic

Life Trac (Business Unit of Alliance Life Insurance Company)

All Transplants (except heart and lung)

Midlands Choice PPO

All Transplants (except heart and lung)

Mutual of Omaha HMO/PPO

All Transplants (except heart and lung)

Strategic Health

Autologous
Allogeneic
(more to be added 10/2005)

Wellpoint/Unicare (Centers of Expertise)

Autologous
Allogeneic
Liver

United Resource Network

All Transplants (except heart and lung)

Credentialing

• The Joint Commission
• Member of NCCN National
• FACT Comprehensive Cancer Network
• NCI Clinical Cancer Center
• American College of Surgeons

Statistics

Solid Organ available on www.Ustransplant.org
BMT-PSC available upon request: dswanson@NebraskaMed.com

Coordinators

BMT-PSC: Stacy Rooker, Insurance Coordinator (402) 559-4806

**After patient is referred a clinical coordinator will be assigned by Disease
Management

Kidney-Pancreas

Assigned a pre-transplant coordinator
After transplant a post-transplant coordinator will be assigned.
(402) 552-2440

Liver-Intestinal

Coordinators assigned per adult/pediatric impatient/outpatient
(402) 559-4076

Utilization Management

Telephonic Transplant Inpatient Reviews Adult-ICU	Jean Bartumek	(402) 559-4713
Pediatrics	Betsy Fleckenstein	(402) 559-7028
Kidney Pancreas	Annette Croft	(402) 559-2087
Adult BMT-PSC Liver	Cheryl Evans	(402) 559-8513
Manager	Carolyn Dorn	(402) 552-3910

Research

www.Clinical_Trials.gov
www.unmc.edu/cto/trials
www.cancer.gov/clinical_trials