Medicare Covered Bariatric Surgery

MEDICARE EXPANDS NATIONAL COVERAGE FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY PROCEDURES
February 21, 2006 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is expanding Medicare’s national coverage of bariatric surgery for all Medicare beneficiaries. For seniors, who have experienced high complication rates in some settings, Medicare will cover the procedure only in high-volume centers that achieve [...]