Will Insurance Cover Bariatric Surgery?

Would your insurance plan cover the costs of bariatric (weight-loss) surgery? This is obviously a question you would need to answer before pursuing such surgery. And it’s the subject of a recent article in the Kansas City Star.
An excerpt:
The average cost of the most common bariatric surgery can vary from about $14,000 to $23,000, [...]

categories Surgery News | Senior Editor | datetime April 30, 2007 7:26 am | comments Comments Off

Predicting the Risk of Weight-Loss Surgery

As a potential patient for weight-loss surgery, imagine if you could accurately predict the risk factors involved. According to a recent article in Science Daily, that appears to be the case.
Researchers at Duke University developed a simple scoring system that takes into account five medical factors of patients undergoing bariatric surgery — weight, gender, age, [...]

categories New Technology | Senior Editor | datetime 7:13 am | comments Comments Off

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