Questions for Your Potential Provider

• What is your medical specialty? Are you board certified in that specialty?
• What percent of your practice is devoted to breast cancer treatment?
• Will my health care team meet as a group to discuss my care?
• What is the accreditation status of the medical center where you practice?
• Does your medical center accept my health insurance plan?
• For surgeons: How many times a year do you perform the procedure you are recommending for me? How many times a year is the procedure done at the hospital where you practice?
• Which diagnosis and treatment guidelines do you use as the basis of your breast cancer care?
• Which diagnosis and treatment guidelines does the medical center use as the basis of its breast cancer care?

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Updated 02/13/13