Hopefully Good News
This is a quote from a ASMBS report regarding Aetna and UHC beginning to cover the VSG. They are hopeful that other insurance carriers will follow soon.
"We are pleased that Aetna and United Healthcare now includes sleeve gastrectomy among its covered bariatric procedures," said John W. Baker, MD, FACS, President of ASMBS. "In the rapidly changing field of bariatric and metabolic surgery, it is important to provide coverage and access to a wide range of proven treatment methods. Sleeve gastrectomy has now reached that threshold where the data and our experience with the procedure supports its safe and effective use in people affected by the chronic disease of morbid obesity."
Here is a link to the whole report. http://asmbs.org/Newsite07/news/ASMB..._seo_FINAL.pdf . You may have to copy and paste it into your browser. Hopefully between this and the Bariatric Surgery conference coming up in June, we will see more people being successful with insurance coverage.
"We are pleased that Aetna and United Healthcare now includes sleeve gastrectomy among its covered bariatric procedures," said John W. Baker, MD, FACS, President of ASMBS. "In the rapidly changing field of bariatric and metabolic surgery, it is important to provide coverage and access to a wide range of proven treatment methods. Sleeve gastrectomy has now reached that threshold where the data and our experience with the procedure supports its safe and effective use in people affected by the chronic disease of morbid obesity."
Here is a link to the whole report. http://asmbs.org/Newsite07/news/ASMB..._seo_FINAL.pdf . You may have to copy and paste it into your browser. Hopefully between this and the Bariatric Surgery conference coming up in June, we will see more people being successful with insurance coverage.
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