Newsletter Archives

Last year, the Lymphology Association of North America and the American Cancer Society hosted a lymphedema summit. The event brought together key experts and stakeholders from across North America to develop consensus statements on evaluating and treating lymphedema.  The 13 articles derived from this summit have recently been published in Medical Oncology (Volume 41). I […]

One of our future goals is to gain coverage for prescription shoes for lymphedema patients who are unable to wear standard, commercially available footwear.  If you are a patient who can only wear custom-made shoes due to your lymphedema swelling, we need your stories and photos! Therapists can also submit on behalf of their patients. […]

Currently, when a Medicare patient is receiving Home Health services, their compression garments are billed separately through their Part B coverage. That will continue to be the case. Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice stating that lymphedema compression supplies would be subject to consolidated billing starting in 2025. This […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated their Medicare Equipment and Suppliers online search tool to include lymphedema compression supplies!  This directory is far more comprehensive than the list of suppliers on our website, which was always intended to be just a temporary resource until the CMS database was updated.  Even if you […]

On August 1st, the Keck School of Medicine at USC will host a FREE online learning session entitled “Lymphedema: What to Know as a Primary Care Provider.”  Please share this information with any healthcare providers who would benefit from this presentation. NOTE: The Keck School of Medicine has clarified that participants do not need to register […]

Tomorrow (Friday, June 28th) is the deadline to submit feedback to the National Institute of Health’s recently launched National Commission on Lymphatic Diseases (NCLD). NCLD’s purpose is to gather input that serves to identify gaps and opportunities in lymphatic science, spur research, and evaluate the clinical, policy, and educational roadblocks to improving the prevention, diagnosis, […]

If you or your patients have a Medicare Advantage plan and have been denied coverage, or found that there is no in-network supplier with your/their plan, we need to hear from you!  Please use our Denial Reporting Form to tell us  what obstacles you/they have encountered. Medicare Advantage plans are required by law to cover […]

We know that many people are still adjusting to the new insurance coverage for compression garments and supplies, and unsure about what information must be provided with each order. We are pleased to share with you two recorded webinars aimed at answering many of the most common questions. This first webinar is led by Linda […]

We are pleased to share with you our 2023 Annual Report. Although the Lymphedema Advocacy Group is now in its 14th year of existence, this is the first time we have assembled a formal annual report. As such, the document does not merely highlight our work in 2023. It also looks back over all our […]