This notice informs you of the federal regulation that requires all health plans that cover mastectomies to also cover reconstruction of the removed breast.

If you have a mastectomy and elect breast reconstruction in connection with the mastectomy, you are covered for the following:

• Reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy was performed;
• Surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical appearance; and
• Prostheses and treatment of physical complications of the mastectomy, including lymph edemas.