Newsletter Archives

Great news – the comments that have been submitted thus far to the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services can now be read HERE! Remember, even if you are not a Medicare beneficiary yet, Medicare coverage sets the standard that most other private and public policies follow, so these rules will affect all patients. If […]

Exciting news – while not related to implementation of the Lymphedema Treatment Act, Medicare has just made another change that will also be beneficial to many lymphedema patients. They are removing the requirement that a patient must fail to improve during four weeks of “conservative” therapy in order to qualify for coverage of a pneumatic […]

A recording of our webinar held on Thursday night, 7/13, is now available. The link to it and a variety of other resources to help you prepare your comments on the proposed coverage plan for lymphedema compression supplies are below. We anticipate that our form for submitting your comments to the Center for Medicare and […]

If you haven’t already done so, we encourage you to read the draft rules for the LTA this weekend. As a reminder, the LTA rules are part of a larger package of rules, so we have created this separate document with just the pages containing the LTA-related rules.  Answers to many of the questions we […]

The draft rules for the LTA have not been released yet, so the 60-day Public Comment Period has not yet begun. We will alert you as soon as that changes.  In the meantime, you can prepare by watching our Public Comment Period Video Tutorial.  We suggest you also review this Commentator’s Checklist, which is full […]

As a reminder, the Lymphedema Treatment Act became law in December 2022, but does not go into effect until January 1, 2024. We’ve heard from a number of people recently concerned about coverage problems they are currently experiencing, and want to reassure you that these are not related to the LTA. For many years now […]

We are still compiling the photos and videos from our DC Celebration that took place on May 22nd and 23rd and look forward to sharing those with you in the future.  In the mean time, we are pleased to share this photo montage containing hundreds of images spanning nearly 13 years of advocacy, from the […]

Today, more than 100 lymphedema advocates from around the country are on Capitol Hill to thank lawmakers for passing the Lymphedema Treatment Act, and to ask them to support any future legislation and research funding that will benefit lymphedema patients.  If you are not in DC with us today, please send this email to your […]

If you haven’t yet, this is the final week to register for our 2023 DC Celebrationtaking place on May 22nd and 23rd! The registration deadline is Sunday, May 7th. That is also the last day to book a hotel room in our group block. However, the discounted hotel rooms are nearly sold out, so don’t […]