(2009) Bariatric surgery in Medicare patients: greater risks but substantial benefits. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 5 , 299-304 /Yuan X, Martin Hawver LR, Ojo P, et al. Bariatric surgery in Medicare patients: greater risks but substantial benefits. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2009;5:299...
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Since 2006, Medicare has paid for bariatric surgery for certain obese patients with the requirement that the institutions providing this service be certified as level 1 bariatric surgery centers by the American College of Surgeons or as bariatric surgery centers of excellence by the American Society o...
Bariatric surgery is not associated with disenrollment from the Medicare program among working age disabled beneficiaries. Only about one percent of disabled people who received bariatric surgery disenrolled within five years of the procedure. 展开 ...
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....
the team assembled at southwest general hospital includes a variety of specialists including nephrology, cardiology, pulmonary critical care and endocrinology. i have medicare, am i eligible for weight loss surgery? medicare coverage guidelines in the state of texas do not follow traditional cms ...
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 ...
Objective: To determine the frequency and predictors of cardiac stress testing before elective noncardiac surgery in Medicare patients with no indications for cardiovascular evaluation.Background: The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines indicate that patients without class I (...
In an open letter to congress, dated June 10, 2014, the organizations expressed support for the Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act, which would allow “any willing pharmacy” located in medically underserved areas to participate in all Medicare Part D drug plan networks, includ...
Bariatric surgery in Medicare patients: greater risks but substantial benefits. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2009; 5(3): 299-304. DOI: 10.1016/j. soard.2008.08.018.Yuan X, Martin Hawver LR, Ojo P, et al. Bariatric surgery in Medicare patients: greater risks but substantial benefits. Surg Obes ...