Aetna members are offered confidential telephone and web-based cancer genetic counseling services as a component of health benefit plans which include coverage for genetic testing. These services will help members better understand their risk for developing three genetic-based cancers - breast, ovarian and colorectal. The services are offered through Informed Medical Decisions, a national genetic counseling company staffed with board-certified genetic counselors with expertise in cancer genetic counseling.

Members who decide to participate in the genetic counseling program first fill out a prescreening questionnaire on Informed Medical Decision's secure website,(http://www.informeddna.com/) .If a member's personal health or family history indicates he or she may be at an increased risk for an inherited cancer, the member then completes a more detailed family medical history and schedules an appointment for a telephone consultation with a genetic counselor at 1-800-975-4819.

All discussions between Aetna members and genetic counselors are private and will not be shared with the member's employer or with Aetna. Neither Aetna nor the member's employer will receive test results.

*If you are a member affiliated with an IPA arrangement, please contact your IPA for approval prior to using genetic counseling services.