ASMBS updated position statement on insurance mandated preoperative weight loss requirements

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2016 Jun;12(5):955-9. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.04.019. Epub 2016 Apr 22.

Authors

Julie J Kim¹, Ann M Rogers², Naveen Ballem³, Bruce Schirmer⁴; American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Clinical Issues Committee

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: jkim7@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
² Department of Surgery, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
³ Clara Mass Medical Center, Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.

PMID: 27523728
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.04.019

No abstract available

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Insurance requirements; Obesity; Weight loss.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bariatric Surgery*
Healthy Lifestyle
Humans
Insurance Coverage*
Insurance, Health*
Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Preoperative Care
Societies, Medical
United States
Weight Loss / physiology*