private insurance
Hi, not sure but did someone comment that their private health provider wasn't going to let them claim on fat transfer / grafting costs but then after discussion said they could claim on their privat...
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Hi Marion @unknown
How did you go with your fat transfer (autologous fat grafting) procedure...?
Was this for whole breast reconstruction, and your first operation (not revision surgery such as @Jane221 )
I'd be interested to know if your private health insurer Medibank paid for any of the procedure, as opposed to only paying for a very small portion of it relating to scar revision.
I've been told there are no Medicare Item numbers assigned for autologous fat grafting, and when Medicare don't recognise the procedure, neither do the private insurers. They have a propensity to rush towards a conclusion of cosmetic, even when you have nothing there.
It's considered too new a procedure in Australia and still approx 6-9mths away before a Medicare working committee will action a new Item number. Too late for me, unfortunately.
Would love to hear your experience, cheers Lana
How did you go with your fat transfer (autologous fat grafting) procedure...?
Was this for whole breast reconstruction, and your first operation (not revision surgery such as @Jane221 )
I'd be interested to know if your private health insurer Medibank paid for any of the procedure, as opposed to only paying for a very small portion of it relating to scar revision.
I've been told there are no Medicare Item numbers assigned for autologous fat grafting, and when Medicare don't recognise the procedure, neither do the private insurers. They have a propensity to rush towards a conclusion of cosmetic, even when you have nothing there.
It's considered too new a procedure in Australia and still approx 6-9mths away before a Medicare working committee will action a new Item number. Too late for me, unfortunately.
Would love to hear your experience, cheers Lana