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Provider Stops Gastric Bypass: Medicare, Medicaid Patients Must Go Elsewhere

Posted on 22. Feb, 2006 by admin.

BY: BY KEVIN GRAMAN, THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, SPOKANE, WASH.

Dec. 28–Morbidly obese patients on government-sponsored health care can no longer receive gastric bypass surgery in Eastern Washington because of low reimbursement rates and high medical malpractice premiums, according to a local doctors’ group.

Surgical Specialists of Spokane, one of three regional health care providers approved by the state to perform the controversial but potentially life-saving procedure on Medicaid patients, this month stopped offering gastric bypass surgery to patients covered by Medicaid or Medicare. (more…)

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Gastric Bypass Insurance

Posted on 21. Feb, 2006 by admin.

Does your health insurance cover Gastric Bypass Insurance? People considering gastric bypass surgery usually want to know one thing: Will my insurance carrier pay for the procedure? The answer is yes, if you know how to ask…

Whether you are in the pre-approval stage or a long term PostOp others need to hear about your experience with the insurance process. Please send your story of the insurance approval process to us to post. Email your factual account to craig@renewedreflections.com

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