Product Replacement Policy and Surgical Fee Reimbursement for Mentor Saline-Filled Breast Implants:

• The Mentor Standard Advantage

  • Lifetime Product Replacement*

  • *Up to 10 Years of Coverage

  • Up to $2200 of Financial Assistance

  • Non-cancelable Terms
    

• The Mentor Enhanced Advantage (US Only)

  • Lifetime Product Replacement Policy*

  • 10 years and up to $1200 Financial Assistance for Operating Room and Anesthesia Costs**

  • 10 years and up to $1000 Financial Assistance for Surgical Fee Costs**

The Mentor Enhanced Advantage is an optional plan designed to provide financial assistance when a qualifying revision surgery occurs within ten years after the date of original implantation.  The program cost is $125 and includes the following:

• Operating Room and Anesthesia Assistance Up To $1200: MENTOR will pay uninsured, out-of-pocket costs for operating room and/or anesthesia expenses directly related to qualifying revision surgery up to a maximum aggregate amount of $1200. (should the deflation occur within the first five years)

• For important information on the benefits and risks associated with saline-filled breast implant surgery, read our document called "Saline-Filled Breast Implant Surgery: Making an Informed Decision," click here.

• Surgeon's Fee Assistance Up To $1000: MENTOR will pay uninsured, out-of-pocket costs directly related to qualifying revision surgery for surgeon fees up to a maximum aggregate amount of $1000. The terms in effect when original implantation occurs will apply at the time of claim.

• *Lifetime Product Replacement Policy: MENTOR will provide replacement Mentor product of the same or similar type as the originally implanted product free of charge for the lifetime of the patient. Refer to the Mentor Advantage Limited Warranty for eligibility and program details. 

**In order to qualify for financial assistance, you will need to sign a release form. 

To enroll in the Enhanced Advantage Plans, you must pay $125 within 45 calendar days of your Mentor saline-filled breast implant surgery. 

Important: You will need to refer to your implant reference card (obtainable from your physician), when you place your order.

To pay by Visa or MasterCard, call 1-888-235-5731.

To pay by certified check or money order, make your certified check or money order payable to: Mentor Enhanced Advantage. Fill out the Enhanced Advantage Plan given by your surgeon and mail with your payment to:

Mentor Enhanced Advantage
P.O. Box 51967
Los Angeles, CA 90051-6267

Events Covered: The Mentor Standard and Enhanced Advantage coverages apply to the following:

• Deflation due to crease fold failure, patient trauma or unknown cause

• Loss of valve integrity

• Other loss-of-shell-integrity events also may be covered by this program. A physician retained by MENTOR will determine if specific, additional events should be covered. 

Events NOT Covered: The Mentor Standard and Enhanced Advantage coverages do NOT apply to the following:

• Removal of intact implants due to capsular contracture, wrinkling or rippling

• Loss of implant shell integrity resulting from reoperative procedures, open capsulotomy, or closed compression capsulotomy procedures

• Removal of intact implants for size alteration

This is a summary of Mentor's Standard and Enhanced Advantage coverages. It is an overview only and not a complete statement of the program. To obtain a copy of the complete Mentor Advantage Limited Warranty for Saline-Filled Breast Implants, click here, or you may write or call:

Consumer Affairs Department
MENTOR
201 Mentor Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
1-800-525-0245

*You may also obtain a copy of the complete program from your physician.

credit: Mentor Corporation

Product Replacement Policy and Surgical Fee Reimbursement for McGhan Saline-Filled Breast Implants:

• McGhan Medical ConfidencePlus™ Breast Implant Replacement Program

  • Patients with deflations may "upgrade" to a saline breast implant of a different size or style. 

  • Saline breast implant deflations may be "upgraded" to silicone-filled breast implants*. 

  • 10 year financial assistance period with up to $1,200 per surgery for surgical fees not covered by insurance. 

  • 10 year financial assistance period renewed with each implant replacement.

  • Patients who were implanted with saline-filled breast implants after May 31, 1993 or with silicone-filled breast implants sold and implanted after September 30, 1997, are also covered under the ConfidencePlus™ Program.
     

• McGhan Medical ConfidencePlus™ PLATINUM Breast Implant Replacement Program (Limited Warranty Option)

  • 10 years of guaranteed financial assistance. Receive up to $2,400 of out-of-pocket expenses for surgical fees, operating room and anesthesia expenses  not covered by insurance

  • Low enrollment fee of $100.

  • Saline-filled and silicone-filled McGhan® breast implants covered.

  • Contralateral implant replacement. At the Surgeons' request, INAMED Aesthetics will also provide a  replacement for the contralateral breast.

  • Lifetime product replacement. At the request of your Surgeon, any size may be selected to replace your current McGhan® breast implant style at no cost to
    you, or choose another style.**

*Patients must qualify and meet the criteria for the McGhan Medical silicone-filled breast implants clinical study. 

** A charge may apply on product with a higher list price.

*You may also obtain a copy of the complete program from your physician.

credit: Inamed Corporation 800.624.4261

Both implant manufacturer's warranties do not cover the cost of implant replacements of deflation cases which occur during additional operations, because of capsular contracture or their ensuing capsulectomies.

Check with your surgeon for the implant conditions in writing. The FDA made it mandatory in 2000 that you receive a copy of the implant package insert as well as a copy of the risks and complications from here on out.