Will insurance cover Liposuction for Dercums Disease?

Insurance generally pays for medically indicated procedures.There are few if any proven medical indications for liposuction.Insurance usually pays for the removal of lipomas. Paragraph these are generally better removed with direct surgical excision as opposed to liposuction.You have a very unusual disorder and there is a possibility that a medical insurance company could pay for appropriate treatments if I convincing argument can be made that it will decrease pain.It would certainly require a physician willing to work as a patient advocate as it would most likely be rejected initially and require multiple iPOs before possibly being excepted.After this the plastic surgeon would most likely get a tiny fraction of what regular income is for liposuction.You may want to consider going to Oregon health science university.Your condition is unusual enough that it may be appropriately treated at an academic institution.best of luck,Mats Hagstrom M.D.