Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA) Notice

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah and its subsidiaries are required by law to provide you with the following notice. This does not represent a change in your coverage. The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 (WHCRA) includes important protections for patients who elect breast reconstruction in connection with mastectomy.

For a member who receives benefits in connection with a mastectomy and who elects breast reconstruction, coverage will be provided in a manner determined in consultation with the attending physician and the patient for:

• reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy was performed;
• urgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical appearance; and
• prostheses and treatment of physical complications at all stages of the mastectomy including lymphedemas.

Benefits for the above services will be subject to the same subscriber cost-sharing provisions (i.e., deductible, copayment and coinsurance) as may be deemed appropriate and as are consistent with those established for other covered services. Your plan is already in compliance with this mandate and provides coverage for this benefit.

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