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Resources for Case Managers

Kidney-Pancreas

Referral or questions may be addressed to either the financial counselors or the transplant coordinators.

Financial Counselors
The financial counselors are specially trained in transplant financial issues. They take referrals, check benefits and help case managers, patients and families through our process.

Financial Counselors for Kidney-Pancreas:

Chelsey Wegner (402) 552-3084 Alphabet A-K
Shannon Biere (402) 552-2101 Alphabet L-Z

Transplant Coordinators
(402)-559-5000 or l-800-401-4444

Pre-Transplant Process:

  • The patient is assigned a pre-transplant coordinator and a new patient packet is sent to the patient. Once the packet is returned to the pre-transplant coordinator, the evaluation process will be scheduled

Post-Transplant Process:

  • After transplant a post-transplant coordinator will be assigned.
  • Following a kidney and/or pancreas transplant, the continuum of care will be coordinated by the post-transplant coordinator. This will require consistent communication between the transplant physicians, the patient, the referring doctor and insurance case manager.

Inpatient Reviews
Inpatients Reviews are completed by our Utilization Management Team

Donor Information:
A dedicated donor coordinator is available to provide support and education to donors. They will help donors to be assessed for this wonderful gift while ensuring that their health is maintained to the highest degree.

Liver-Intestinal

Referral or questions may be addressed to either the financial counselors or the transplant coordinators.

Financial Counselors
The financial counselors are specially trained in transplant financial issues. They take referrals, check benefits and help case managers, patients and families through our process.

Financial Counselors for Liver-Intestinal:

Michael Chaney (402) 559-4106 Alphabet A - O
Chelsey Schaefer (402) 552-3084 Alphabet P - Sr
Shannon Biere (402) 552-2101 Alphabet St - Z

Transplant Coordinators
(402) 559-5000 or 1-800-401-4444
The Liver and Intestinal programs have adult and pediatric transplant coordinators that are responsible for liver, intestinal and other combination transplants with liver. These coordinators rotate between inpatient and outpatient services.  Please request to speak to an adult or pediatric coordinator for either inpatient or outpatient.

Inpatient Reviews
Inpatients Reviews are completed by our Utilization Management Team

Heart

Many of our patients are referred from a heart failure evaluation. These calls can be referred to either the financial counselors or the transplant coordinators.

Financial Counselors
The financial counselors are specially trained in transplant financial issues. They take referrals, check benefits and help case managers, patients and families through our process.

Financial Counselors for Heart:

Jamie Tilson (402) 559-7326 Alphabet A-L
Jane Mueller (402) 559-7324 Alphabet M-Z

Transplant Coordinators
(402)-559-2203 or 1-800-974-3278
The heart transplant coordinators rotate between inpatient, outpatient and clinic.

Inpatient Reviews
Inpatients Reviews are completed by our Utilization Management Team

BMT-PSC

Referral or questions may be addressed to either the financial counselors or the nurse insurance coordinator.

Financial Counselors
The financial counselors are specially trained in transplant financial issues. They take referrals, check benefits and help case managers, patients and families through our process.

Financial Counselors for BMT-PSC:

Jamie Tilson (402) 559-7326 Alphabet A-L
Jane Mueller (402) 559-7324 Alphabet M-Z

Nurse Insurance Coordinator
The nurse insurance coordinator provides you with a contact that will help assist in getting you a plan of care, protocols, results from evaluations, etc. If you have further questions about the clinical picture, they will assist you in contacting the clinical coordinator that has been assigned to your patient by Disease Management.

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

Inpatient Reviews
Inpatients Reviews are completed by our Utilization Management Team

Contracts

Company Contracted Transplants

Aetna (Institutes of Excellence)

Autologous
Allogeneic
Kidney
Intestine
Liver
Liver/Intestine

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska

All transplants if authorized

Blue Distinction Centers for Transplants (BDCT)

Autologous
Allogeneic
Liver
Kidney/Pancreas

Cigna (Life Source)

All Transplants (except Heart and Lung)

Coventry Health Care (non-Nebraska plans)

Email: dswanson@nebraskamed.com

Coventry Health Care of Nebraska

All Transplants (except Lung)

Humana (National Transplant Network)

All Transplants (except Heart and Lung)

Kaiser Permanente (National Transplant Network)

Autologous
Allogeneic

LifeTrac Network

All Transplants (except Heart and Lung)

Midlands Choice PPO

All Transplants (except Lung)

OptumHealth

Autologous (adult and pediatric)
Allogeneic (adult and pediatric)
Liver (adult)
Liver/Intestinal (adult and pediatric)
Intestinal (adult and pediatric)
Kidney (adult)
Kidney/Pancreas (adult)
Heart

Strategic Health

Autologous
Allogeneic
Liver
Kidney
Pancreas

Individual contracting for patients can be done with Deborah Swanson. Please call (402) 559-2993 for further information.

Credentialing

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

Statistics and Outcomes

Additional resources on statistics and outcomes:

Utilization Management

Department Contact Phone Number
Telephonic Transplant
Inpatient Reviews
Adult-ICU (immediate post tx)
Penny Dahlke (402) 559-4713
Pediatrics Cathy Burke (402) 559-7028
Post ICU:
Kidney
Pancreas
Liver
Annette Croft (402) 559-2087
Adult BMT-PSC Cheryl Evans (402) 559-8513
Manager Betsy Fleckenstein (402) 552-3910

Research

www.clinicaltrials.gov
net.unmc.edu/ctsearch/index_unmc.php
www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials