Medicaid ins.

Does anyone know if Medicaid of NC pays for Gastric Bypass Surgery and if it does is it very hard to get approved? I have several medical conditions that I believe are directly related to my obesity. I'm not JUST overweight but have these medical conditions too...Diabetes, high BP, depression, heart disease, high cholesterol along with back and joint pain. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks,

Debra

Debra,

You may want to contact the NC Department for Health and Human Services. Here is a link to the NC Division of Medical Assistance guidelines for Bariatric Surgery dated June 2012. NC Medicaid had been paying for bariatric surgery as long as you met the criteria (outlined in this document) for several years. I think that some time in 2011 they suspended coverage for a while, but I believe that they may have resumed coverage, so I would check with them.

Here is a link to the document NC DHHS document: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dma/mp/1a15.pdf

Good luck!

THANKS. LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY COVER IT.