MEDICAID AND MEDICARE SURGEONS LIST!

BAD NEWS for people with Medicad.  I got the Word that they are cutting back on money for the Surgerys for now. So after March 15. They will stop cover for WLS, My case worker stated this. So My WLS WAS push back to next week. I am lucky ones to get mind.

Hello everyone! I have been searching to find out which Medicaid programs in New Mexico will pay for Lap Band surgery. Does anyone know if Lovelace Salud, Molina, BCBS Salud, or Pres Salud will pay for the Lap Band surgery? Any help would be appreciated very much.

I am extremely worried about my weight and the health problems I have developed. If anyone has any experience getting a New Mexico Medicaid program to pay for their WLS, please let me know how it went. I am going to a seminar at Lovelace Westside hospital to learn more about the Lap Band System.

God Bless!

Unfortunately Medicaid does NOT pay for any type of WLS.  However, if I remember correctly (as it has been a year since I went to the seminar in Rio Rancho) You can self pay, and they have payment arrangements.

I would also suggest getting a book by Jean McMillan called Bandwagon.  She discusses the Lap Band in depth.  She is a member of  "OH" and can be reached through the lap band forum or from the link below.

http://jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com/

Hopefully it all works out of you.

Take care,
Amanda

My husband and I are having a hard time finding someone who can do the gastricbypass surgury, my husband needs help, we have done everything we went to the weightloss meeting and when my husband got up to talk to the registure nurse she told him that they do not except medicade after presbytarian told us that they do except that kind of surgury I am just so frusterated by all this if anyone can help me please email me sillychristine_sassychris@yahoo,com thank you