Here are a few excellent surgeons that definitely take Medicare - I am also on SSD.  The only thing is that I don't know if they take medicaid, I also have a medicare supplemental plan as well as medicaid, so I didn't need to use medicaid since between Medicare and my supplemental everything was paid for 100%.  Just know that he should be aware that medicare doesn't preapprove, so he has to prepared to pay out of pocket if denied after the fact.  They generally will approve you if you meet there requirements but there is always the chance.  It is also an advantage to have a surgeons office with a good insurance department that knows how and what to submit.  These surgeons that I am listing all have good insurance departements.  The only thing is they will all involve you to travel - one is in Westchester county and 2 are in New York City.

Dr Marc Bessler at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC - 212-305-4000 - this was my surgeon

Dr. Daniel Herron at Mt Sinai = don't know the phone but you can find it on the internet.  The only thing I didn't like about him was that he required most testing to be done at Mt Sinai.  I found that to be too far for me to travel for tests that I felt could be done locally.  My surgeon let me do everything locally except pre-op testing and the nutritional/NursePractioner consultation other than his appointments.

Dr. Cerabona at Westchester Medical Center - dont know the phone number but can get online

HI Mike, I am in the process of being Sleeved at Albany Med......If you have any questions or anything feel free to contact me, as it stands I have completed a majority of pre-op requirements..just waiting to meet with the head doc tomorrow to hopefully get referred to the surgeon...again if you need any advice or anything feel free !!

Hi All! Just wondering if anyone has Dr. Graber from Utica for their surgeon?

Im 2 weeks post-op, just looking for people to chat with about this whole experience :)

Thanks!

 ALBANY MED over St Peter's any day. St Peters is NOT a Center of Ecellence. It is a fairly new program and is having (via a strong and reliable rumor mill), shall we say, issues. I am a bit partial to Albany Med as that is where I went, but I did go to the "educational" program at St Peter's with a friend. I came away from it felling like they had a few used cars that they wanted me to buy. It was more sales than education. 

May I make a suggestion - my support group meets weekly and we do not hospital or proceedure descriminate. There are pre-ops, post-ops, RNYers, sleevers, bandsters and the occassional DSer (che's not local), AMCH and Ellis patients. We have seen one St Peter's patient. He didn't like what he heard from us about eating healthy, hasn't been back. We meet Thursdays, 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Albany Medical Center South Campus, 25 Hackett Blvd in the conference room. 

Looking forward to meeting you sometime. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a private message or ask right here. I am an open book about my weight surgery.  

 duh, nevermind.  Just realized you included a link!  Thanks for the heads up!