facial wasting

Doctors and Patients Tell Medicare to Approve Facial Reconstruction

To see all comments provided by doctors and patients to Medicare to covince them to pay for facial wasting reconstruction, cut and paste this link to your browser: https://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/ncpc_viewpubliccomments.asp?id=20&expand=Y I surely hope that Medicare approves Sculptra, Radiesse and Silikon 1000 reimbursement to help those on disability and to set a precedent for insurance companies to …

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Medicare seeks comments from community and clinicians about facial lipoatrophy reimbursement needs

For everyone who has complained about the lack of insurancereimbursement for facial lipoatrophy treatment, or about the lack ofgood permanent fillers approved for facial lipoatrophy, now is yourchance to do something. Please follow the link belowto submit a comment in response to Mediare’s request for comments onReconstructive Treatment for Facial Lipodystrophy Syndrome. Even ifyou have …

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Doctors who work in lipodystrophy, and surveys from patients

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH OTHERS ONOPTIONS FOR LIPODYSTROPHY –  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Yi9YE69la28Fr3cHH34PDA_3d_3d SURVEY RESULTS- OPTIONS USED BY PEOPLE WITH LIPODYSTROPHY –https://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=LYbzfgoEFlmgc1vkr3v_2bEWfscAbBPrjpRbaywPjqMqI_3d DOCTORS AND PROVIDERS- COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE – Click on the “View” boxes for doctors’ names https://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=rc8hHUnWoT5VVui7aS9Q_2fsfxahbyw7goBCGlfANmm4A_3d IF YOU WANT TO ADD COMMENTS (POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE) ABOUT A PROVIDER THAT YOU HAVE USED FOR LIPODYSTROPHY –https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dIXsY8YIuuh5f_2fMLZasLgA_3d_3dRead our …

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Can Facial/Buttock Wasting Reconstruction Costs be Deducted from US Income Taxes?Someone was nice enough to do some research on this topic for me (from my list pozhealth at yahoogroups.com) Hi Nelson, To our friends in other countries – ignore this message! It’s about US tax. As is usual with tax, there’s no simple yes/no answer …

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HIV Lipodystrophy: Where are we after 10 years?

From Gay Men’s Health Crisis HIV Lipodystrophy: Where Are We After Ten Years?By Nelson VergelJuly-December 2007 Note: The following article expresses the opinions and learned lessons of the writer, not of GMHC, Treatment Issues, or their staff. It is not intended as medical advice and should not be taken as such. Ten years have passed …

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