The authors discuss a proposal by Medicare to eliminate the requirement for institutions to be certified as level 1 bariatric surgery centers of excellence (COE) by the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery to receive reimbursement. They assert that the ambivalence of Medicare on how ...
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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...
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 ...
“any willing pharmacy” provision in the 2015 Medicare Part D final rule, the letter notes that the agency continues to support the policy, as it will benefit patients without increasing costs. In addition, more than 30 members of congress support the standard for preferred pharmacy netwo...
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 (...
Bariatric surgery is the most efficacious treatment of obesity and its comorbidities. The objective of this investigation was to assess trends in utilization, readmission, mortality, and cost of bariatric surgery in the Medicare population. Utilizing the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) ...
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 ...
SURGERY FOR OBESITY AND RELATED DISEASESYuan X, Hawver LRM, Ojo P, et al. 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....