UCLA Appointment Postponed

I had a call schedule with UCLA Transplant Center about the Natera Prospera program. I was asked to join a study post-transplant, and this is the first time the sponsoring doctor has scheduled an appointment to talk about it. Here is a description from Natera’s website:

Covered by Medicare, Prospera is a transplant rejection assessment test that uses a simple blood draw to evaluate the risk of rejection of a transplanted kidney.

Through the use of advanced cell-free DNA technology, Prospera increases a provider’s ability to identify otherwise undetected rejection that might lead to kidney loss. Catching transplant rejection as soon as possible can help providers develop a treatment plan to best protect the donated kidney.

https://www.natera.com/organ-health/prospera-organ-transplantation-assessment/

I think it is informative that the first sentence tells patients that Medicare covers the cost of the test. Since Medicare coverage only lasts three years after the kidney transplant, maybe that is the topic of discussion today.

Anyway, I joined the call at 9:55 am for a 10:00 am call. I then waited for twenty minutes before another doctor called me on the phone saying the doctor I was supposed to speak with was delayed and we needed to postpone it to 11:45 am. Doctors are busy people so I totaly understand last minute schedule changes. I just wish they would have called me earlier, so I did not have to sit in front of my iPhone waiting for twenty-fine minutes.