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March Meeting-Special Guest...
March 20, 2009 2:32 am I was thrilled to have a very special guest speaker at our March support group meeting.
Be the first to leave a comment.Even though fighting laryngitis, Dr. Courtney Holbrook did not let our group down. God bless her. Dr. Courtney Holbrook PhD is the Director of Bariatric Psychology at the Center for Bariatric Surgery (CBS). The topic was "Our reltationship with food". Dr. Holbrook took the time to answer many of the group member's questions and after the meeting spoke with several members one on one. The Center for Bariatric Surgery (CBS) at St. Vincent Charity Hospital is nationally recognized as a Center of Excellence (COE) by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), a pioneering organization designated by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) to pursue excellence in the delivery of bariatric surgical care with the highest levels of efficacy, efficiency and safety. In fulfilling this mission the SRC has:
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services determined that Medicare coverage for bariatric surgery procedures is reasonable and necessary only when performed at facilities that are certified as a Bariatric Center of Excellence. |
The Center for Bariatric Surgery received the Center of Excellence designation for the full three-year term. This three-year level is reserved for those applicants who not only meet, but exceed, the requirements for full approval in most or all respects.
