Reversal in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Reimbursement for Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Reconstruction-Empowering Plastic Surgeons in Sustaining Microsurgical Accessibility.
| Autor: | Das RK; From the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN., Villanueva KG; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA., Slack GC; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA., Festekjian JH; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Annals of plastic surgery [Ann Plast Surg] 2024 Apr 01; Vol. 92 (4), pp. 351-352. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 29. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003835 |
| Abstrakt: | Abstract: This Editorial discusses the recent overturning of a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services policy that reduced reimbursement for deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction. The authors highlight the importance of advocacy efforts in sustaining access to complex microsurgical procedures, even those under investigation such as breast reinnervation and lymphatic reconstruction. Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare in relation to this work. (Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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