The article reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has expanded coverage to bariatric surgery for all beneficiaries of Medicare in 2006. The procedure will be covered by Medicare only in high-volume centers with low rates of mortality. The development is indicative of the ...
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Use of bariatric surgery increased dramatically in Medicare beneficiaries from 2006 through 2009. Procedure mix varies by age and region and changed over the period of analysis as laparoscopic operations became more common. Most Medicare bariatric surgery recipients are under age 65 (eligible due to ...
Individual/Family Plans & Small Group Plans– Coverage varies by state; coverage is required by the Affordable Care Act in some states Large Group Plans– Coverage depends on whether your employer has chosen to add it to your policy Medicare and Medicaid– Bariatric surgery is covered ...
doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.7419 Key Points Question Does severe obesity confer a risk of fracture that could be modified with bariatric surgery? Findings In this cohort study of 49 113 bariatric surgery–eligible patients covered by Medicare, patients who were eligible for bariatric surgery ...
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摘要: Complications after bariatric surgery appear similar between patients younger and older than age 60 and also between Medicare recipients and nonrecipients, according to a study in the June issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....
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Roux-en-Y gastric by-pass bariatric surgery.Pre-anesthesia was performed by intramuscular injection of ketamine (5 mg/kg – Imalgene 1000, Merial, Lyon, France), followed by isoflurane inhalation (Aerane 100 ml, Baxter SAS, France) used to induce the suppression of the pharyngotracheal reflex...