MEDICAID AND MEDICARE SURGEONS LIST!

actually you are about the gas certificate or gas card. i called mine in wood county and their noting doing it they stopped it. also i have medicare/medicaid. and Debbie from the financial dept at cleveland clinic told me friday they are having trouble with medicaid paying the bills for their patients! she's having claims returning everyday being denied! so im glad she called me before my surgery! im suppose to have it May 6. but im not if they wont pay for it. and like she told me you are never PREAPPRoved for MEDICARE they turn in the paperwork and its up to THEM if youre approved. and they are having problems with medicare rejecting claims.

Is there a difference between Medicaid and the buckeye card? I thought they were the same now. I have the Buckeye Community Health Plan.

i just read your story i was hoping that u could help me with this process.....if so please call me 440245 2030 theresa  in ohio

Hi There, I am (hoping) to have surgery soon in Bowling Green at Center for Weight Loss Surgery of Wood County. Dr. Brian Lane is to be my surgeron. I know they accept Medicaid (Ohio) and they are very helpful and considerete. Unfortunately, I am not sure about the Medicare.

Are you sure Dr. lane's office takes medicaid? That is where I am having surgery and I don't think they do. I also have it as a secondary. I don't think they qualify as a center of excellance, which is necessary for medicaid to cover. Hope I'm wrong, just may need to check for sure.

Hello, The Wood County Hospital in Bowling Green is not a Center of Excellence as far as Medicare is concerned.  That doesn't mean they are not a good hospital but not all the t's have been crossed and the i's dotted in order to be considered a Center of Excellence. Check the Medicare site.  Look for Centers of Excellence for Medicare and look by state.  This will tell exactly which facilities can be used by Medicare bariatric surgery patients. Hope this is helpful. Pat

Wood County is a center of excellence for weight loss surgery and they do take Buckeye Community that is what I have and I am going to Dr Lalor there.

 have u been apprved yet for the surgery

I went through University Hospitals, now you will have to carry Blue cross through medicaid to get anywhere.

I am a newbie to the list, and am just going through the steps to get approval from the insurance company for my surgery.  I saw your post and wanted to reply because I have Medicare as my secondary insurer.  I am on permanent disability due to fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, along with a myriad of other conditions, which qualifies me to receive Medicare.  I do have group insurance, also.  In Columbus, OH, there are two hospitals that are approved under the Medicare system for bariatric surgery.  One is Ohio State University and the other is Mt. Carmel.  I know that a third, Riverside Methodist Hospital, was in the throes of getting approval for Medicare, but as of October, they expected it to be months before they were approved.  Hopefully this is of some help.