LM Funk, A Suzo, DJ Mikami, BJ Needleman - Obesity surgery, 2014 - link.springer.com Background Millions of patients will be added to Medicaid programs throughout the country due to expansion driven by the Affordable Care Act. Since 90% of state Medicaid programs cover bariatric surgery, ...
Bariatric surgery leads to dramatic weight loss and improved overall health, which may affect insurance status for certain patients. Traditional Medicaid provides coverage for children, pregnant women, and disabled adults, while expanded Medicaid provides insurance coverage to all adults with incomes up ...
In the general population, bariatric surgery is well documented as the most effective obesity treatment for sustained weight loss and remission of comorbidities. Characterization of the patient populations most likely to benefit from surgical intervention is needed, but the heterogeneity of treatment ...
US Medicaid programme grows to cover 50 million low income peopleObesityBariatric surgeryOsteoporosisMineral metabolismRoehr B.doi:10.1136/bmj.d1303Roehr BBMJ Publishing GroupBmj
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Bariatric surgeryMedicareMedicaidBackground: Although the number of weight loss procedures is increasing, bariatric surgery is not used equitably in the United States. As obesity is more prevalent in minorities, higher priorities are placed toward improvement of access to care for these groups.Altieri,...
Identifying Behavioral Facilitators to Weight Loss after Bariatric Surgery: Are There Differences Between Medicaid and Non-Medicaid Patients?Jacqueline A. MurthaEsra AlagozCatherine R. BreuerBhabna PatiCorrine I. VoilsDorothy Farrar EdwardsLuke M. Funk...
Our goal was to compare bariatric surgery programs by percentage of Medicaid cases and to determine if variation in distribution of patients with Medicaid could be linked to adverse outcomes.Methods Using a state-wide bariatric-specific data registry that included 43 programs performing 97,207 cases ...