BLIS Results

by Regi Schindler, BLIS CEO/President

On a regular basis, BLIS will present on the pages of ObesityHelp, a certain set of data. This data will be derived from the results of the BLIS Surgeons, the cases they have reported to BLIS for coverage under their insurance with BLIS Insurance Company and the resultant complication related medical bill paid by BLIS. This data will include:

  • Total number of bariatric surgical cases reported to BLIS
  • The case mix, (type of bariatric surgical procedure)
  • The frequency of complications occurring
  • The total complication related medical bills for each type of procedure submitted to BLIS
  • A breakdown of the bills by; Hospital, Other, (ancillary specialist, anesthesiologist, physical therapy, prescription medications, etc).

The BLIS information will not contain any specific information pertaining to the BLIS Bariatric Surgeon?s name, their patient or the hospital/surgery center facility. Additional data will be presented over time. As part of the regular presentation, you as an active participant in the ObesityHelp website, will have an opportunity to request data elements as they become available.

The latest BLIS data is as follows:

BLIS Reported Data as of 1 October 2008
Procedure Type Reported to BLIS # of Cases Reported to BLIS # of Complications Reported to BLIS Frequency of Complications by Procedure Total Hospital Billed Charges to BLIS Total Ancillary Billed Charges to BLIS Total Other Billed Charges to BLIS Total Medical Expense Billed
Lap RNY 291 29 9.97%  $2,374,206 $64,443  $10,386 $2,449,035
Vertical Sleeve 147 4 2.72%  $16,784 $1,312 - $7,338
Gastric Banding 592 19 3.21%  $420,424 $29,218 - $449,642
Open RNY 16 1 6.25% $99,722 $3,120 - $102,842
Total 1046 53 5.07% $2,911,136  988,093  $10,386 $3,008,857

 

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This information has been provided by BLIS, Inc. To learn more about BLIS solutions, visit http://www.bliscompany.com/.

 

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