Gastric Bypass Malpractice News

Issues in Insurance Funding of Gastric Bypass Procedures

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This article compares two separate gastric bypass surgical programs in Tucson Arizona with regard to type of procedure performed and safety issues.
 
Complications are more likely in older patients and with less experienced surgical teams, and some insurance programs are reluctant to fund it.
 
The American Association for Bariatric Surgery now runs a certification program that identifies "centers of excellence" that perform a higher volume of surgeries with lower rates of complications.


St. Joseph's joins Northwest in providing gastric bypass -

Arizona Daily Star - 4/4/2006 1:42 AM

This article compares two separate gastric bypass surgical programs in Tucson Arizona with regard to type of procedure performed and safety issues.
 
Complications are more likely in older patients and with less experienced surgical teams, and some insurance programs are reluctant to fund it.
 
The American Association for Bariatric Surgery now runs a certification program that identifies "centers of excellence" that perform a higher volume of surgeries with lower rates o

 
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