If you have already completed the applicable action items below, thank you! If you haven’t, please read on.
Action item #1 is for those who have traditional Medicare plans. Action item #2 is for everyone who has any other type of health insurance, including if you are a Medicare beneficiary and have a secondary or supplemental, or if you have a Medicare Advantage plan rather than traditional Medicare. You should contact every insurance plan you have, if you have more than one.
Your voice got the Lymphedema Treatment Act passed, and now we need you to speak up again!
Action item #1:
If you are a Medicare beneficiary and need custom-fit compression garments, please share your story with us. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is still in the process of determining what the requirements will be in order for a patient to qualify for custom-fit versus standard-fit garments. The submission form has tips on what information to include. Please click here to submit your story.
Action item #2:
The Lymphedema Treatment Act requires Medicare coverage for lymphedema compression garments and supplies to begin on January 1, 2024. Most other public and private health insurance policies follow Medicare precedent, but there is no law requiring them to do so. Further, the administrators of other insurance policies may not even know about the upcoming Medicare coverage changes, which is why it’s so important that they hear from you!
Use the following links to access the instructions and template language seen in the image below for contacting your insurance provider:
Please respond to this message if you have questions or if you have trouble accessing the information through the above links. Thank you for your advocacy!
Heather Ferguson
Founder & Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org
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