Covering the Cost of Weight Loss Surgery

Has your doctor suggested you undergo gastric bypass or lap band weight loss surgery?  If so, this is a suggestion you should give serious consideration to.  When a doctor suggests bariatric weight loss surgery, he or she is usually doing so to protect your health and wellbeing.  For those severely or morbidly obese weight loss [...]

Will Medicare Pay for a Tummy Tuck?

As some of you may know Medicare, Medicaid, many state programs and private insurance plans will cover weight loss surgery. As a matter of fact my own laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery was covered by Medicare and my supplement plan Secure Horizons. What about that loose and saggy skin that does not go away? Will Medicare [...]

Medicare and Bariatric Surgery Considerations

As a senior, when I looked into bariatric surgery I first checked to see if any of them were covered by Medicare. I was pleased to learn that presently Medicare nationally covers open and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, and open and laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch even though the terminology [...]

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 [...]