by coverlipedema.com | Jul 19, 2023 | Choosing a Surgeon, Coverage, Insurance, Lipedema Misinformation, Safety
Unintended Consequences In social sciences, unintended consequences describe the outcomes of actions that were not intended or foreseen. Sometimes these unintended consequences are helpful. However, sometimes they are harmful, as in the case of the article...
by coverlipedema.com | Jul 6, 2023 | Coverage, Finding Clinicians
Coverlipedema.com recommends that while members are waiting to see their first-choice surgeon, they explore other local options for plastic surgeons. Having surgery closer to home is more convenient and can be safer. Plus, we believe that so many qualified surgeons...
by coverlipedema.com | Jul 6, 2023 | Choosing a Surgeon, Coverage, Safety
When Coverlipedema.com first started working with lipedema patients in 2018, we did not know who treated the disease. A Google search then and even now reveals many “lipedema experts” whose only proper surgical training is a few weeks in Germany and on the job...
by coverlipedema.com | Jul 6, 2023 | Coverage, Coverlipedema.com
We are in our sixth year of working with lipedema patients and thought it would be good, especially for newer coverlipedmea.com members, to reflect on where we have come from and are going. When we started working with lipedema, it was not covered by insurance. We...
by coverlipedema.com | Jun 24, 2023 | Choosing a Surgeon, Coverage, Safety
When we first started working with lipedema patients in 2018, women frequently traveled cross country for care because there were so few surgeons treating lipedema. Five years later, long-distance travel is no longer necessary because women have many more options for...
by coverlipedema.com | May 26, 2023 | Choosing a Surgeon, Coverage, Coverlipedema.com
Many Coverlipedema.com members choose to use an out-of-network surgeon for their lipedema surgeries While there may be many good reasons to make this choice, it is important to understand the impact of this choice on insurance coverage to make an informed decision...
