FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joanna Morales (jm@triagecancer.org) Dr. Elisabeth Potter (elisabeth.potter@gmail.com) Patient Advocates and Health Care Professionals Call on CMS to Ensure Access to DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction WASHINGTON, DC, April 3, 2023 – Advocates for individuals in need of breast reconstruction surgery delivered a letter and petition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
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Source: KVUE.com The way doctors, insurance companies and patients communicate about what surgery the patient is choosing has changed. Author: Dominique Newland Published: 12:43 PM CST January 22, 2023 Updated: 11:51 AM CST January 23, 2023 AUSTIN, Texas — A change in billing codes could limit reconstruction choices for breast cancer patients needing a mastectomy. Because of recent […]
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Source: CBS News BY ANNA WERNER WERNERA@CBSNEWS.COM, LEIGH ANN WINICK JANUARY 17, 2023 / 11:42 AM / CBS NEWS When Rita Davis found a small nodule on her right breast, the middle school teacher and her husband, Britt, had no idea that discovery would turn into more than a yearlong fight against aggressive cancer that involved […]
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Here’s what you can do to help protect it. Written by Jen Uscher | Reviewed by 2 medical advisers Source: Breastcancer.org January 20, 2023 An obscure change in medical billing may eliminate health insurance coverage for DIEP flap breast reconstruction surgery. The procedure, which has been covered by most commercial health insurance companies since 2007, is not going […]
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Dr. Potter was recently featured in the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Panel on Breast Reconstruction. Read on to see Dr. Potter and patient Deborah discuss DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction. Dana Donofree: [00:00:04] Hi and welcome to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Panel on Breast Reconstruction. We’re excited to bring both physicians and patients […]
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When navigating the journey of life-saving treatments for breast cancer, the option to undergo reconstructive surgery is personal and unique to every individual. Depending on each patient’s circumstances, there are several reconstruction options, including implant-based reconstruction, Aesthetic Flat Closure, or DIEP Flap Reconstruction. With a DIEP Flap Surgery, skin and fat are taken from the […]
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“If you notice a change in your breast tissue, consult your health professional,” the breast self-examination card hanging in patient Deborah Jones’ shower reads. For years, Deborah would go through the technique of routinely checking her breasts: pressing the pads of her index, middle and ring fingers to her opposite side with firm to light […]
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Navigating breast cancer or a genetic predisposition to it can be overwhelming. Empowering women to remain the captains of their own ships, my goal as a plastic surgeon is to provide advanced breast reconstruction options that make them feel confident and whole in their skin. Depending on a patient’s unique circumstance, preference and in consultation […]
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When I was training, I very vividly remember being taught by an older plastic surgeon that the goal for breast reconstruction was for a woman to appear symmetrical and balanced in clothing, and that out of clothing “all bets were off.” This statement immediately struck me as unsatisfying, and I aimed to set a different […]
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Textured Breast Implants and BIA-ALCL A number of reports have recently hit the news circuit regarding the safety of breast implants and an increasing number of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) cases. With an initial 64 incidences, the FDA first identified the connection between breast implants and BIA-ALCL in 2011. The FDA has […]
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