J.L.F. v. Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

OPINION

EHRLICH, Judge.

¶ 1 J.L.F.1 appeals from the judgment affirming a decision of the Director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (“AHCCCS”) to deny her insurance coverage for a breast-reconstruction procedure. For reasons discussed below, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 J.L.F. is an insured of Mercy Healthcare Group, an AHCCCS-administered private employer group health plan. See Ariz. Rev.Stat. (“A.R.S.”) § 36-2912 (2003). Because of cancer, she underwent a bilateral mastectomy and bilateral breast reconstructive surgery. Dr. Shaun Parsons performed the…