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July VGR: Advocating for FP Insurance Coverage

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Advocate, Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Patient Stories, Virtual Grand Rounds
Tags: connecticut, fp, iatrogenic, insurance, insurance coverage, insurance mandates, joyce reinecke, rhode island
July's VGR presentation is now available online. Joyce Reinecke, JD, Executive Director of the Alliance for Fertility Preservation, presented on advocating for insurance coverage and discussed the recent efforts in many states to mandate coverage for fertility preservation procedures. Connecticut and Rhode Island became the first and…
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Presentations from the 2015 Conference- Brandon Hayes-Lattin, MD

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation
Tags: 2015 Conference, 2015 OCC, Brandon Hayes-Lattin, insurance, insurance coverage
The final talk at the 2015 Oncofertility Conference was delivered by Dr. Brandon Hayes-Lattin, MD, who is the Medical Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program at the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Hayes-Lattin gave an informative talk…
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Fertility-Friendly States

Author image - Brigid Martz Smith By: Brigid Martz Smith -
Categories: Advocate, Blog, fertility, General, In the news
Tags: fertility, insurance, publication
Yesterday, the Huffington Post published an article outlining states that are ‘Fertility-Friendly’.  The article, ‘State-By-State ‘Fertility Friendliness’ Ranking Show Wide Range’ was written by Resolve: The National Infertility Association in partnership with EMD Serono Inc., a biotech drug company that makes fertility treatments.  While many…
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Insurance Coverage for Fertility Preservation

Author image - Brigid Martz Smith By: Brigid Martz Smith -
Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Communication, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Fertility Preservation, insurance, Oncofertility, publication
Chapter 14 of Oncofertility Communication: Sharing Information and Building Relationships across Disciplines addresses an extremely important issue in healthcare, insurance coverage.  The authors, Dr. Laxmi Kondapalli and Alice Crisci, wrote Incorporating Insurance Education into the Fertility Preservation Process to outline strategies that may facilitate access…
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Support The Family Act of 2013!

Author image - Brigid Martz Smith By: Brigid Martz Smith -
Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation
Tags: Advocate, Fertility Preservation, infertility, insurance
Imagine that you are diagnosed with cancer at 24.  On top of processing the enormity of your diagnosis at such a young age, you’re shuttled from one appointment to the next, coordinating your treatment plan in the quickest timeframe possible.  Today, treatment discussions are more…
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Support For Fertility Preservation Is Now An AMA Policy!

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: AMA, Fertility Preservation, infertility, insurance, Oncofertility
Should insurance companies cover the expenses of fertility preservation when a young cancer patient is at risk of losing their fertility as a result of their treatment? This is what members of the Michigan delegation asked the American Medical Association (AMA) to support by lobbying…
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California Bill AB 912, Mandated Fertility Preservation, Moves On to the Senate

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, CA Bill AB 912, cancer, Fertility Preservation, insurance
On Wednesday, May 29th, the California Assembly passed Bill AB 912. On July 10th, it will be addressed by the California Senate Health Committee. For those of you who are unfamiliar with California Bill AB 912, it is a bill that would require a health…
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California Bill AB 912: Mandated Fertility Preservation Coverage

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: AB 912, Advocate, Fertility Preservation, insurance, Oncofertility
Wouldn’t it be great if insurance companies were required to provide coverage for medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause infertility to an enrollee or insured? California Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, thinks so too and recently…
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Navigating Cancer Clinical Trials Laws

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer
Tags: Advocate, cancer, insurance, legal
We now bring to you a guest blog from the cancer advocacy group Navigating Cancer Survivorship, which provides education and resources to health care professionals, survivors, and caregivers regarding the continuum of cancer survivorship. __________ As previous blog posts have indicated, there are several laws…
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National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility
Tags: Advocate, AYA, cancer, education, Fertility Preservation, HAWMC, insurance, legal, Oncofertility, quality of life
This week is the 10th Annual National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week, beginning April 2nd and ending on April 8th. In April 2003, National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week was launched, and organizations and clinical institutions throughout North America began partnering to raise awareness about…
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Cancer and Careers: Education Series for Healthcare Professionals

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer and Careers, ethics, insurance, Joanna L. Morales, Julie Jansen, Laura Mosiello, legal, quality of life, teleconference, webinar
Cancer and Careers is an organization dedicated to empowering and educating people with cancer to thrive in their workplace by providing expert advice, interactive tools and educational events. Through their comprehensive website, free publications, career coaching, and a series of support groups and educational seminars…
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Cancer Rights Conference Series: October 21st in Ann Arbor, MI

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer Rights Conference, CLRC, Conference, education, Fertility Preservation, insurance, legal, Oncofertility
This past year, the Oncofertility Consortium partnered up with the Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) for their Cancer Rights Conference series, which just wrapped up the second installment in the three-part series in Washington D.C. Now, believe it or not, the final installment of the conference series…
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Upcoming Cancer Rights Conference: Washington DC

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility
Tags: 2011 Cancer Legal Rights Conferences, Advocate, Cancer Legal Resource Center, Conference, education, Fertility Preservation, insurance, legal, Oncofertility
In June this past summer, the Oncofertility Consortium partnered up with the Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) for a one-day conference event kicking off their 2011 Cancer Rights Conference series. It was a great success and provided many attendees with valuable information regarding cancer-related legal…
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GiveForward Makes Fertility Preservation Possible

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, fundraising, GiveForward, infertility, insurance, Oncofertility, Sperm Banking, Surrogacy
It’s not uncommon for people to gift others with money on a birthday, or a graduation, at a wedding, etc.., but what about when people really need it? What about when people are in times of personal crisis?  Statistics show that 60% of all bankruptcies…
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Oncofertility Publication: Insuring Against Infertility for Young Cancer Fighters

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Categories: Blog, General, Research
Tags: insurance, legal, Lisa Campo-Engelstein
In 1985, Maryland passed innovative legislation that required health insurance companies to cover the costs of fertility treatments. Since that time 15 U.S. states followed suit and now require insurance companies to cover the costs of egg retrieval, in vitro fertilization, and other infertility treatments for people…
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Insurance Information for Student Cancer Patients and Survivors

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: insurance
We have previously blogged about some of the insurance issues that cancer patients deal with when considering fertility preservation. Many cancer patients and cancer survivors already also come across complications when becoming full-time college students. The Medical Insurance Blog recently compiled a list of articles…
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Insurance Often Doesn’t Cover Fertility Preservation Costs

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, insurance, Sperm Banking
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is traumatizing. Your doctor runs some tests, possibly sends you to a specialist, and then tells you the bad news. Within a few days, you must process this life-changing information, decide on and receive fertility preservation, and start cancer therapy. But…
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Cancer and Health Care Reform

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news
Tags: cancer, insurance, legal
We posted last week on the Cancer Rights Conference in Chicago, Illinois hosted by the Disability Legal Resource Center. The health care reform bill was one of the most discussed topics at the conference. Formally called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the bill…
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Insurance Coverage for Iatrogenic Infertility

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: ethics, fertility preservation technology, insurance, Oncofertility, publication
My article, “Including Fertility Preservation Treatment: Consistency and Fairness in Insurance Coverage for Iatrogenic Conditions Resulting from Cancer Treatment,” was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. In the article, I discuss how insurance companies currently cover treatment for iatrogenic conditions resulting…
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