Why are Bariatric Medicare Patients Younger than 65 Disabled and Does Disability Impact Safety?doi:10.1016/j.soard.2018.09.055Prasad, JaiPetrosky, Jacob AKuhn, JasonCunningham, RobertWood, CraigDove, JamesFluck, MarcusDavid, Parker MGabrielsen, Jon...
Other types of weight loss surgery including thegastric sleeve surgeryandduodenal switch surgeryinvolve some of the same primary costs asgastric bypassandgastric banding, but they also have some additional variables that may affect the price. In addition, a new wave of minimally invasive bariatric s...
Does Referral to Centers of Excellence Reduce Costs? An Evaluation of Medicare's Center of Excellence Policy for Bariatric Surgery - Journal of the American College of Surgeonsdoi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.07.223Shih, TerryScally, Christopher...
Medicare drops certification for bariatric surgery The American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) reported that obese individuals spend 40 percent more on healthcare than individuals of normal weight, and diseases associated with obesity accounted for 27 percent of the increases in medica...