Genetic Cancer Screening Medicare Insurance Clients

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Genetic Cancer Screening Medicare Insurance Clients American Family Financial Association    Genetic Cancer Screening Available to Medicare Insurance Clients

We Believe These Tests Can Help Save Lives! American Family Financial Association Genetic Cancer Screening tests are covered under Medicare Part B American Family Financial Association, LLC (AFFA) is not an employee of /or have a contract with Medicare We are AFFA Advocates helping to educate the public regarding Genetic Cancer Testing! We Believe These Tests Can Help Save Lives!

Laboratory Tests NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING American Family Financial Association    NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING Laboratory Tests Can help Doctors take advantage of cutting edge technologies, to make personalized medicine a reality for many cancer patients.

About 5% to 10% of all cancers are thought to be related to American Family Financial Association    About 5% to 10% of all cancers are thought to be related to  gene mutations that are inherited or passed down through the family. Having an inherited genetic mutation does not mean a person will get cancer. It means they are at a higher risk for developing a certain type or types of cancer. A type of testing called Predictive Genetic Testing is; Usually recommended when certain types of cancer run in a family and a gene mutation is suspected.

PREDICTIVE GENETIC TESTING... Not everyone with a cancer related gene American Family Financial Association    PREDICTIVE GENETIC TESTING... Is a test that can help predict the likelihood that an individual will develop cancer in his or her lifetime. Not everyone with a cancer related gene will develop cancer Scientists can use the information we gather from these tests to help STOP the cancer mutation in families.

You should consider this type of testing if: American Family Financial Association    You should consider this type of testing if:   You have several first - degree relatives (mother, father, sisters, brothers) with cancer. Or, if any relatives on one side of your family have had the same type of cancer. If a cluster of cancers in your family are known to be linked to a single gene mutation (such as breast, ovarian, colorectal, and pancreatic cancers ). * A family member has more than 1 type of cancer. Family members have had cancer at a younger age than normal for that type of cancer.

gene mutation, which is the most widely known genetic factor that American Family Financial Association    If close relatives have or have had cancer. If a family member has a rare cancer, such as breast cancer in a man or retinoblastoma (a type of eye cancer). Ethnicity: For example, Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry is linked to ovarian and breast cancers. It is reported that 1 in 40 Ashkenazi Jewish women has a BRCA gene mutation, which is the most widely known genetic factor that can lead to breast cancer.  Anyone in your family have a large number of colon polyps? Or, have any family members had genetic testing done and a mutation was found? If ANY of these situations are found in your family, you should get Screened.

American Family Financial Association     Who Pays for the Test? Medicare Insurance will pay for the Genetic Screening Tests What Medicare Plans Qualify? Medicare Only Aetna Medicare PPO United Healthcare PPO AARP HMO & PPO Cigna Medicare PPO Care Improvement Plus New plans will be continually added

How To Get Your Screening American Family Financial Association    How To Get Your Screening Complete the Scope of Appointment (SOA) This form gives me permission to speak with you regarding the Screening process; To ask you a few questions regarding your family’s health history as well as your own; Allows me to check your Medicare Plan. Connect you to a Clinical Admin The Admin will get the proper documents completed and Connect you to a Clinition for final screening to determine if you will qualify for the Genetic Test. Collect DNA – Cheek Swab If approved, the Clinician will direct me to do a Cheek Swab. I will send your DNA to the lab for testing. Your Doctor will share their findings with you and your PCP. It takes approximately 2 weeks to get the test results.

Your DNA Whether inherited or not, cancer is a genetic disease American Family Financial Association Your DNA Whether inherited or not, cancer is a genetic disease and decoding its DNA can help the Scientists and Doctors better diagnose, treat and manage it.

American Family Financial Association Can I ? We encourage our clients to refer other Family Members and Friends The person being referred must make the initial call to make an appointment even if it is a family member being referred. AFFA Advocates cannot make the first contact with Medicare Clients.

Ready to take the next step?    Ready to take the next step? Complete the SOA and the questionnaire Speak with a Clinical Admin to verify the questionnaire Speak with the Clinician Get the Cheek Swab – for testing

   We are an organization of Advocates who are dedicated to helping Americans receive Genetic Cancer Screening Tests