WLS Lifestyles Magazine - Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/weight-loss-surgery-insurance.php WLS Lifestyles Magazine - Weight Loss Surgery Insurance en-us Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:25:44 EST http://www.coalmarch.com/products/coalengine.php Having Bariatric Surgery Covered Based on Medical Evidence Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:25:44 EST Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/20100207653/having-bariatric-surgery-covered-based-on-medical-evidence.php Having Bariatric Surgery Covered Based on Medical Evidence By: Lori Sperling Nevins, MSW, LCSW

Category: Weight Loss Surgery

With insight from Dr. Mitchell Roslin.

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Having Bariatric Surgery Covered Based on Medical Evidence

By: Lori Sperling Nevins, MSW, LCSW
Category: Weight Loss Surgery
Having Bariatric Surgery Covered Based on Medical Evidence

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Does Your Insurance Carrier Have An Exclusion In Your Policy For Bariatric Surgery? Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:21:31 EST Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/20080227317/does-your-insurance-carrier-have-an-exclusion-in-your-policy-for-bariatric-surgery.php Does Your Insurance Carrier Have An Exclusion In Your Policy For Bariatric Surgery? By: Ellen Bell, RMA

Category: Weight Loss Surgery

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Check your insurance policy frequently avoiding weight loss surgery denial due to an exclusion or non-coverage policy change. Exhaust all surgery options before throwing in the towel and never, never give up. Usually there are other possibilities to consider before tossing all hope away of ever having bariatric surgery.

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Does Your Insurance Carrier Have An Exclusion In Your Policy For Bariatric Surgery?

By: Ellen Bell, RMA
Category: Weight Loss Surgery
Does Your Insurance Carrier Have An Exclusion In Your Policy For Bariatric Surgery?

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Check your insurance policy frequently avoiding weight loss surgery denial due to an exclusion or non-coverage policy change. Exhaust all surgery options before throwing in the towel and never, never give up. Usually there are other possibilities to consider before tossing all hope away of ever having bariatric surgery.



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The Biggest Hurdle: Medically Supervised Diet Documentation Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:37:03 EDT Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/20071025186/the-biggest-hurdle-medically-supervised-diet-documentation.php The Biggest Hurdle: Medically Supervised Diet Documentation (Pre-Op) By: Ellen Bell, RMA

Category: Weight Loss Surgery BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Insurance expert Ellen Bell, once again imparts her insurance knowledge, explaining the importance of medically supervised diet documentation. Walk through this process with your primary care physician, and together you can conquer the documentation hurdle.

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The Biggest Hurdle: Medically Supervised Diet Documentation

(Pre-Op)

By: Ellen Bell, RMA
Category: Weight Loss Surgery

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Insurance expert Ellen Bell, once again imparts her insurance knowledge, explaining the importance of medically supervised diet documentation. Walk through this process with your primary care physician, and together you can conquer the documentation hurdle.



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Your Primary Care Physician and the Letter of Medical Necessity: Absolutes for Your Insurance Approval Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:42:40 EDT Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/20071024171/your-primary-care-physician-and-the-letter-of-medical-necessity-absolutes-for-your-insurance-approval.php Your Primary Care Physician and the Letter of Medical Necessity: Absolutes for Your Insurance Approval By: Ellen Bell, RMA

Category: Weight Loss Surgery BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: After all non-surgical weight loss efforts have been unsuccessful, many patients consider weight loss surgery. Ellen Bell continues her inquiry into insurance practices and procedures relating to bariatric surgery approval. Before preparing patients to meet the demands of surgery, primary care physicians and specialists must also be familiar with properly completing the necessary documents for insurance approval which often requires meeting specific criteria.

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By: Ellen Bell, RMA
Category: Weight Loss Surgery

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: After all non-surgical weight loss efforts have been unsuccessful, many patients consider weight loss surgery. Ellen Bell continues her inquiry into insurance practices and procedures relating to bariatric surgery approval. Before preparing patients to meet the demands of surgery, primary care physicians and specialists must also be familiar with properly completing the necessary documents for insurance approval which often requires meeting specific criteria.



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Insurance Q&A Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:04:25 EDT Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/20071021156/insurance-qandampa.php Insurance Q&A By: By: Stacey Posner, Esquire

Category: Weight Loss Surgery BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Attorney Stacy Posner answers specific weight loss surgery insurance questions related to reconstructive surgery.

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Insurance Q&A

By: By: Stacey Posner, Esquire
Category: Weight Loss Surgery

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Attorney Stacy Posner answers specific weight loss surgery insurance questions related to reconstructive surgery.



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Jumping the Insurance Hoops Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:39:49 EDT Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/20071021148/jumping-the-insurance-hoops.php Jumping the Insurance Hoops By: Ellen Bell, RMA

Category: Weight Loss Surgery BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Insurance specialist Ellen Bell gives a lesson about insurance carriers and how to avoid beaurocratic red tape concerning weight loss surgery approval.

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Jumping the Insurance Hoops

By: Ellen Bell, RMA
Category: Weight Loss Surgery

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Insurance specialist Ellen Bell gives a lesson about insurance carriers and how to avoid beaurocratic red tape concerning weight loss surgery approval.



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Insurance Q&A Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:31:31 EDT Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/20071020135/insurance-qandampa.php Insurance Q&A By: By: Stacey Posner, Esquire

Category: Weight Loss Surgery BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Post-op bariatric and reconstructive surgery patient, Attorney Stacy Posner, answers your weight loss surgery insurance related questions.

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Insurance Q&A

By: By: Stacey Posner, Esquire
Category: Weight Loss Surgery

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Post-op bariatric and reconstructive surgery patient, Attorney Stacy Posner, answers your weight loss surgery insurance related questions.



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Navigating the Insurance Game Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:47:10 EDT Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/20071020121/navigating-the-insurance-game.php Navigating the Insurance Game By: By: Stacey Posner, Esquire

Category: Weight Loss Surgery BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Don’t go away mad, just go away is the hope of your insurance company when it comes to approving bariatric surgery. Not cost-effective enough and writing policies no one understands is just a couple of the ways the insurance companies hope to discourage/distract patients. Following the rules of the insurance “game,” attorney and weight loss surgery patient Stacy Posner, has won approval for herself and others. She offers “lay people” some guidelines when dealing with their insurance company.

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Navigating the Insurance Game

By: By: Stacey Posner, Esquire
Category: Weight Loss Surgery

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Don’t go away mad, just go away is the hope of your insurance company when it comes to approving bariatric surgery. Not cost-effective enough and writing policies no one understands is just a couple of the ways the insurance companies hope to discourage/distract patients. Following the rules of the insurance “game,” attorney and weight loss surgery patient Stacy Posner, has won approval for herself and others. She offers “lay people” some guidelines when dealing with their insurance company.



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Insurance Q & A Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:45:24 EDT Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/2007101677/insurance-q-andamp-a-.php Insurance Q & A
By: Walter Lindstrom, Jr., Esq.

Category: Weight Loss Surgery BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Attorney Walter Lindstrom assesses the options to a difficult but common, insurance question.

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Insurance Q & A

By: Walter Lindstrom, Jr., Esq.
Category: Weight Loss Surgery

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Attorney Walter Lindstrom assesses the options to a difficult but common, insurance question.



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Insurance Q & A Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:48:02 EDT Weight Loss Surgery Insurance http://www.wlslifestyles.com/articles/weight-loss-surgery/2007101666/insurance-q-andamp-a.php Insurance Q & A By: Walter Lindstrom, Jr., Esq.

Category: Weight Loss Surgery BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Attorney Walter Lindstrom, answers weight loss surgery questions pertaining to: easing the insurance approval process & Lap-Band safety and effectiveness.

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Insurance Q & A

By: Walter Lindstrom, Jr., Esq.
Category: Weight Loss Surgery

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Attorney Walter Lindstrom, answers weight loss surgery questions pertaining to: easing the insurance approval process & Lap-Band safety and effectiveness.



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