.@sarahkliff @slate has an explanation...http://slate.me/2dtwXWk
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@sarahkliff I have a Groupon - for $39.95 I can hold my baby and somebody else'sThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahkliff bogus. Standard practice and important for family-centered care.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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for the 'privilege' of skin-2-skin contact? Ridiculous! Hospital nickeling/dimeing pts! Would luv to know C/S rate there!
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@sarahkliff is the idea that a mom, b/c c-section, can't hold her baby post-partum acceptable?#notdefendingthechargeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahkliff at our vet clinic we can get a dozen offspring out and skin to skin for less than £1000@BritishVetsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahkliff Certainly not true at my hospital! A nurse should be watching the baby whether or not mom is holding!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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this is crazy. But I think you should ask L & D RNs, they can give you the scoop.
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@sarahkliff Odd billing in '05: I was told my copay for del. was $2.5k. I got a bill for $5k-$2.5k for me, $2.5 for baby.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahkliff absolutely gross. Thank you for showing. We need transparency in health care billing. It would scare us all.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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it't actually just a min by min breakdown. The billing is the same for every min in the procedure. 1 of them was spent holding
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@Atul_Gawande - I am a former L&D RN and CNM. I think the administration of that hospital MUST remove that fee. Increase staff levelsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Babies can safely stay w/mom IF staffing allows. ??to charge for time with your own baby? I would NOT trust that facility! -
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agree completely, Amy - but to charge for that? Unheard of!
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@sarahkliff wow, who could afford to hold quintuplets? Absurd! Hate to see the charge for photos of proud dadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Post C section they usually have one nurse/team for mother, one nurse/team for baby, in OT and in recovery?
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@sarahkliff yes, if the delivery is a c-section. 1 RN for mom 1 for babyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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absolutely not
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