Medicaid
I wanted to know if anyone in Ohio had the surgery and had it paid for by Medicaid? If so, what do I do first? Find the Dr who does the procedures, or call the Medicaid office and see if it would be covered? I have a letter from my primary care doctor. I also have asthma, high blood pressure, painful joints and have had 2 prior back surgerys and I have to have another one, but the back surgeon won't touch me till I loose the weight. I think that I have enough to ask for the surgery, but would like to talk with someone who has had it and had Medicaid cpver it.
I actually live in NC but am from ohio originally. I had lap rny on 2/9/04 in north carolina and medicaid here paid for it but i have a cousin in ohio who has gone for aconsultation with a dr in cleveland who does accept medicaid for the gastric bypass surgery. i dont know the name of the dr but i am sure you should be able to find it online.
good luck in your search
I do not have Medicaid but I found a lot of information under the heading Insurers.......I have Medical Mutual so have read the posts on how they have or have not covered WLS....there are a lot of posts on Medicare. Look under "M" and go to page 6. This may give you an idea of how they approached them! Good luck in your journey. I am a stones throw away in Barberton. I have chosen to go to University Hospital for my WLS. They are ready to send my information to the insurance company pending my PCP sending them my 6 month supervised weight loss. Hopefully that will be tomorrow!
Sue
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