Trinita C. RobinsonTechnical Director, HFMA
According to a study conducted by the University of Michigan Health System, 80 percent of the bariatric surgeries studied were performed on females, and the greatest increase in bariatric surgery rates occurred among non-elderly adults or young females. The hospitals charged more than $2 billion, in 2002, for the surgery. Recently, CMS announced that it was expanding Medicare's national coverage of bariatric surgery for all Medicare beneficiaries, Most of the patients seeking this type of surgery had co-occurring/morbidity illnesses, such as diabetes and hypertension. Could promoting bariatric surgery be an effective way for hospitals to control their healthcare costs?
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