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Writing Effective Insurance Justification Letters for Cancer Genetic Testing: A Streamlined Approach
Author(s) -
Shappell Heather L.,
Matloff Ellen T.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of genetic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1573-3599
pISSN - 1059-7700
DOI - 10.1023/a:1016629227338
Subject(s) - genetic counseling , genetic testing , subject (documents) , cancer genetics , cancer , medicine , psychology , actuarial science , computer science , genetics , business , biology , world wide web
The topic of insurance coverage and justification letters for cancer predisposition testing has been the subject of much discussion on the National Society of Genetic Counselors Cancer Special Interest Group (NSGC Cancer‐SIG) listserv. Some counselors have stated that they have had difficulty in obtaining insurance coverage for their patients, while others have indicated that they would appreciate seeing examples of successful letters. The purpose of this paper is to provide practical guidance in writing successful letters of justification and to share insurance success stories in the area of cancer genetic testing.