by lisacrites | Jun 26, 2014 | Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Blog, Breast Cancer Blog Stories, Lisa F. Crites, Post-Mastectomy Care, Shower Shirt Blog, Showering After A Mastectomy, The Shower Shirt
I was hoping before this final Blog, we could have communicated that we had attained Medicare coverage, thus all commercial insurers would also be supporting reimbursement for shower coverings for breast cancer patients. Unfortunately, we can’t announce that outcome,...
by lisacrites | Jun 15, 2014 | Breast Cancer Blog, Breast Cancer Blog Stories, Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos, FLORIDA TODAY, Lisa F. Crites, Medical Device Products, Post-Mastectomy Care, Shower Shirt Blog, Uncategorized
With our many Blogs over the past year, we’ve been very clear about our trials and tribulations related to bringing The SHOWER SHIRT product to market, strategizing to keep it on the market, while also fighting with the bureaucrats in Washington DC. We’ve...
by lisacrites | May 13, 2014 | Breast Cancer Blog, Breast Cancer Blog Stories, Lisa F. Crites, Medical Device Products, Post-Mastectomy Care, Shower Shirt Blog, Showering After A Mastectomy, The Shower Shirt, WKMG Local 6
By spring of 2014, The SHOWER SHIRT Co. was out of debt. We were able to pay off the entire 2,000 units of product inventory (remember, our manufacturer unexpectedly increased our minimum order from 675 to 2,000), and legal fees for attaining our patent. We knew from...
by lisacrites | Apr 19, 2014 | Breast Cancer Blog, Breast Cancer Blog Stories, Lisa F. Crites, Post-Mastectomy Care, Shower Shirt Blog, Showering After A Mastectomy, The Shower Shirt
It was summer 2013. As the next few months rolled on after being awarded our patent, we continued to have many television guest spots at both FOX and CBS affiliate stations. We visited FOX in Nashville, Memphis and Orlando, as well as the CBS affiliate in both Orlando...
by lisacrites | Mar 20, 2014 | Breast Cancer Blog, Breast Cancer Blog Stories, Lisa F. Crites, Mastectomy, Post-Mastectomy Care, Shower Shirt Blog, Showering After A Mastectomy, Uncategorized
Soon after my guest column hit FLORIDA TODAY with comments on the upcoming November 2012 presidential election, I was asked to be a part of the Huffington Post’s ‘Entrepreneurs Start-Up’ exhibition at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa, FL. It...
by lisacrites | Mar 7, 2014 | Breast Cancer Blog, Breast Cancer Blog Stories, FLORIDA TODAY, Lisa F. Crites, Post-Mastectomy Care, Shower Shirt Blog, Showering After A Mastectomy, The Shower Shirt, Uncategorized
When I returned from Washington DC, I attended a St. Patricks’ day event at a local attorney’s office. I was discussing my recent trip to Washington with a few lawyers and gave an overview of my many meetings, presentation to CMS (Medicare) in Baltimore, the...
