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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Surgery for Obesity & Related Diseases Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric SurgeryDallal RM, Datta T, Braitman LE. Medicare and Medicaid... Ricardo,Cohen - 《Surgery for Obesity & Related Diseases》 被引量: 24发表: 2015年 US health policy and prescription drug coverage of ...
922-3060 medicare coverage for bariatric surgery in the state of texas weight loss surgery for medicare recipients is considered higher risk because often times patients are disabled secondary to their weight and related conditions or are over the age of 65. dr. patel believes that weight ...
The use, safety and cost of bariatric surgery before and after Medicare's national coverage decision. OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) bariatric surgery national coverage decision (NCD) on the use, safety, and cost of care CMS beneficia...
The 2003 law that established the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits prohibits Part D plans from covering drugs used for weight loss. The public payer’s coverage of obesity services and treatments includes obesity screening, behavioral counseling, and bariatric surgery. ...
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....
Bariatric surgery in minority patients before and after implementation of a centers of excellence program. JAMA. 2013;310(13):1399-1400. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.277915 ArticlePubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 33. LUNGevity. State Scorecard: State Medicaid coverage policy and impact on lung ...
Conclusions Among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery, reoperation was common, costly, and varied widely across hospital referral regions. These findings suggest that payers should reconsider their coverage of the gastric band device. Back to top Article Information...
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