PLEASE COMPLETE THE SURVEY BELOW.  IT WILL TAKE 3-5 MINUTES TO COMPLETE.  THANK YOU!!

WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR FEEDBACK.  Two of the top five commercial insurance companies ARE NOT PAYING FOR COMPRESSION PRODUCTS for their members in the USA diagnosed with Lymphedema, Chronic Venous Disease and Lipidema.  What they need to acknowledge is that by excluding these products from their members' plans, it's actually costing them more money in the long run with cellutitis, recurrent wounds, reduced activities of daily living, etc. Furthermore, they are not giving their members the home management products they need to take CONTROL of their chronic, lymphedematous conditions that can become debilitating. 

These products are not "convenience items".  They are not "disposable or consumable supplies". They are MEDICALLY NECESSARY.  Please share the link to my presentation and survey with social media in the Lymphedema Community.  We are hoping that the insurance companies will listen and schedule a meeting with a team of Lymphedema Experts (physicians, therapists, industry, etc.) and their Clinical Coverage Policy Teams to educate them about Lymphedema, Lymphedema Treatment and Compression Products used for successful home management.  In other words, REMOVE Compression Exlusion policies from their members' insurance plans.

WE NEED OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD TO MAKE CHANGE TO THESE UNEXPLAINABLE AND INEXCLUSABLE POLICIES!!!

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1. Are you a Lymphedema Patient, Lymphedema Clinician or Lymphedema Caregiver?

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2. If you are a patient with commercial insurance, do you have an insurance policy that excludes  coverage for your medical compression products?

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3. What state do you live in?

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4. If your answer to question 2 is YES, what insurance company do you have?

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5. By filling out this survey, can you please provide us with your comments and concerns about these policies?

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6. Is it OK for us to share these comments with the public, including the insurance companies.  Your privacy is respected.

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7. Would you kindly be interested in filing a complaint to your state insurance commissioner regarding compression exclusions on patients' commercial insurance policies for the diagnosis of Lymphedema, Chronic Venous Disease and Lipidema?  How can a product that has a 6 month to one year warranty be deemed "disposable, convenient or consumable" as an excuse not to pay for them. 

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Here is a link to place a FORMAL COMPLAINT to the State Insurance Commissioner regarding compresson product exclusions for patients diagnosed with Chronic Venous Disease, Lymphedema and/or Lipidema.

https://www.naic.org/state_web_map.htm

Your complaint will be reviewed by the State Insurance Commissioner's office and sent to the Insurance Company for a mandatory response by a certain date.

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