{"id":2077,"date":"2009-06-29T14:09:04","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T19:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2010-06-16T13:14:17","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T18:14:17","slug":"mastectomy-benefits-from-bcbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2009\/06\/mastectomy-benefits-from-bcbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastectomy Benefits from BCBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/official-notice-of-mastectomy-benefits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2079\" title=\"official-notice-of-mastectomy-benefits\" src=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/official-notice-of-mastectomy-benefits-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/official-notice-of-mastectomy-benefits-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/official-notice-of-mastectomy-benefits.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following information is from a recent publication on Mastectomy Benefits from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As required by the Womens&#8217; Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998, your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/compare_hsa\/\">health insurance policy <\/a>provides beneftis for mastectomy-related services, including all stages of reconstruction and surgery to achieve symmetry between the bresats, prostheses and complication resulting from a mastectomy , including lymphedema.\u00a0 This coverage is subject to the same deductibles, copayments, coinsurance or limitations as applied to other medical and surgical benefits provided under your policy.\u00a0 If you have questions, please check your Member Guide or call the Customer Service number on your ID card for more information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The information above is brought to you from BCBSNC, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Guide to a Healthier You,<\/span> 2009.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>\u00a0and how to utilize My Member Services, please visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\">www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents. Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health. Call us for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following information is from a recent publication on Mastectomy Benefits from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. As required by the Womens&#8217; Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998, your health insurance policy provides beneftis for mastectomy-related services, including all stages of reconstruction and surgery to achieve symmetry between the bresats, prostheses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[23,136,79,231,819],"class_list":["post-2077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-north-carolina","tag-breast-cancer","tag-mastectomy-benefits","tag-womens-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2921,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions\/2921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}