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>To: Anne Rutherford <[log in to unmask]> >From: [log in to unmask] (Peter J. Kidd) >Subject: Re: neurosurgeons & pallidotomies in Canada > >Hello, Anne (Rutherford)..apologies for unacknowledged messages. > >I've got some news and a few questions for you... > >Not official yet, but we have established a formal connection with the Phase 2 transplant team. > >I think you have mentioned neurosurgeons working or planning to perform pallidotomies in Canada...in Saskatoon, Calgary...where else? Have I got that right? I know, of course, about the Toronto situation -- it is still defintely research. Have you heard anything about whether the newly trained neurosurgeons we keep hearing about are actually doing them yet, and whether they are in private clinics or working through provincial medicare systems? > >There is a catch 22 here in Nova Scotia -- as far as Nova Scotia medicare is concerned pallidotmy doesn't exist because no one has billed to our provincial medicare system for payment of a pallidotomy procedure. I'm trying to figure out how to be the first test case! If you, or anyone else on the net, have any ideas or information, please let me know. > >Hope you are keeping well. > >Best wishes, > >Moira > Peter J. Kidd Learning Materials Consulting Services Phone & Fax: (902) 443-4262 Email: [log in to unmask]