Recent changes in how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) code and reimburse for a particular type of breast reconstruction will limit the access and, more importantly, the ability for a patient to choose the best reconstruction for themselves.  The DIEP flap is a specialized reconstruction using the patient's own tissue by microsurgical techniques to give a long lasting reconstruction requiring fewer future revisions.

Click this link to be taken to Dr. Elisabeth Potter's website to see what you can do to let politicians know this is unacceptable.  Everyone should be able to have choice in their healthcare.  This may not seem like a personal issue at the time, but just as this has happened, it could extend to something you do care about in the very near future!