Best practices in policy and access (coding and reimbursement) for weight loss surgery

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 918-923

  Shikora, Scott A ^a   Kruger, Rayford S ^b   Blackburn, George L ^c   Fallon, John A ^d   Harvey, Alan M ^e   Johnson, Elvira Q ^f   Kaplan, Lee ^g   Mun, Edward C ^c   Riley, Stancel ^c   Robinson, Malcolm K ^e   Sabin, James E ^h   Snow, Roger L ^e,i   LoNigro, Robert ^j   Steingisser, Lee J ^d   Lautz, David B ^e  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Tobey Hospital   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Massachusetts Dietetic Association   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Board of Registration of Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^j Tufts Associated Health Plan   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; REIMBURSEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 66149157757     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.573     Document Type: Article

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