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05-29-2007, 10:09 AM
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| Whipper Snapper Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NJ
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Weight Statistics 03/12/07 Surgery Date:
Height: 398 lb Start Weight:
271 lb Current Weight:
220 lb Goal Weight:
127 lb Weight Loss:
51 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.9095477387 % % Lost:
11/12/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
32 BMI Current:
 |  Has anyone heard of: NY State Malpractice Insurance Denies Surgery on People 400+ lbs My brother in law was just notified by his surgeon's office that they can't perform his surgery, scheduled for Monday, June 4th, because Insurance Companies for the New York State hospitals have mandated that they can't operate on a patient who is in excess of 400 lbs, if they do not have a cat-scan or mri in the facility that they can fit in. My brother in law is approx 460. Has anyone heard of this at all.
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05-29-2007, 12:17 PM
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| Super Moderator  | Hmmm. Does make some sense. Just that having such machines large enough means it makes getting data easier on the drs, and to check things out, should complications arise. However, if the insurance cos use this as a ploy for getting out of having to pay for the surgery, that is 
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05-29-2007, 12:22 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,755
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
27 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass    | i have heard of surgeons only takeing people up to certain weights but not that one. I guess anything doesnt suprise me for them to try to get out of paying for the surgery.
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05-29-2007, 02:32 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 6,860
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
136 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
122 lb Weight Loss:
-4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.2868217054 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
20.0814954841 BMI Current:
20.6721277043 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |  You would think they would want to pay for it. It will save on money over the course of the patients lifetime; treating all the conditions that come along with being obese....this stinks
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05-29-2007, 03:19 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hawaii
Posts: 2,957
Blog Entries: 2 Weight Statistics 07/23/2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2" Height: 230 lb Start Weight:
125 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
105 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.652173913 % % Lost:
June 23 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.0629552549 BMI Start:
22.860301769 BMI Current:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I have never heard of that but was watching a show on Discovery about the 629 pound woman and they couldnt do a CT scan on her because she was too large for the machine |
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05-29-2007, 04:31 PM
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| Whipper Snapper Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NJ
Posts: 18
Weight Statistics 03/12/07 Surgery Date:
Height: 398 lb Start Weight:
271 lb Current Weight:
220 lb Goal Weight:
127 lb Weight Loss:
51 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.9095477387 % % Lost:
11/12/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
32 BMI Current:
| Well it is not the insurance Companies per se. It is the Hospitals Malpractice. It is NYS Mandate that the hospital would lose their Malpractice insurance if they did not have machines large enough on Premise's. It is very dishertening.
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05-29-2007, 04:40 PM
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| Guru In Training  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NewEngland
Posts: 319
Weight Statistics 9/1/2006 Start Date:
5' 1" Height: 278 lb Start Weight:
188 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
90 lb Weight Loss:
58 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.3741007194 % % Lost:
05/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.5219027143 BMI Start:
35.5184090298 BMI Current:
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Weight Loss Method Physician Prescribed Diet/Exercise | On the other hand, it's more about the HOSPITAL not having up to par EQUIPMENT. We do know that people come in, in massive physical crisis, at ALL different weights. It's scary really to think that the hospital probably couldn't do OTHER types of surgeries that are in emergency situation--due to not being able to get an MRI of the spine, heart, etc. Pretty scarey!!! Mya |
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