As I mentioned earlier in my post,My wife is diagnosed with Breast cancer and out of 06,three chemotherapy have completed. She is under medical family floater policy (The new India Assurance company). 5th and 6th Chemotherapy with Herceptin will start by 27th Feb 17 and another in march 17..
1)Would like to know any one claim is accepted by the new India Assurance company as far as Herceptin is considered?
2) Any kind of supporting letter is required from Oncologist to get it through.
Please advice.
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I do not give chemotherapy, so am not the right person to guide you fully. To answer your questions:
1. All insurance companies pass claims on Herceptin
2. Letter may be needed only if things do not pass through.
What type of letter from oncologist for herceptin her2positive breast cancer for mediclaim is required.
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If Herceptin has been rejected by the Insurance provider as being a gene therapy, take a letter from your treating Oncologist that this is a standard treatment for breast cancer world wide, covered under insurance. It is not a genetic therapy for some congenital gene defect. It is a ‘targeted therapy’ targeted over certain genetic level targets involved in causing the breast cancer. Ask your Oncologist to provide some evidence, maybe a print out of NCCN guidelines, showing it to be a standard treatment.
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