anyone have lap band surgery and have it approved by medicare?
I have been doing research about the lap band weight loss surgery, and am 100% satified with everything I have heard and the seminars that I have been to have totally made a believer out of me, I just wanted to know if anyone had problems with medicare approving their weight loss surgery. Thanks
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- I won't be of too much help but my husband is starting this too. He was told that his medical coverage will pay if he has proof that he has been obese for at least 6 years. He has to be approved by doctors that perform this surgery and have all the medical records to proove he has been overweight and has tried to loose it. I am not sure about medicare though.
- Medicare generally considers Lap band and gastric bypass to be elective procedures and therefor will not cover them. If your doctor states that it is medically necessary that you have to get the surgery then Medicare will cover it. However, they will only cover as a last resort, meaning you have to go through all the nutrition and weight loss programs that they say.
- Weight loss surgery-like lap band surgery have become very common and very safe now. My cousin got her Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in India. She has lost more than 65 lbs in 5 months and is very happy with the results. The price for obesity surgery is very less in India. My cousin just paid 25% of the cost she was quoted in America. She got her surgery from a company called Forerunners Healthcare. Forerunners Healthcare is very famous in India. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and magazines. I have read a lot of their patient stories also. They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery abroad for low cost, as bariatric surgery and weight loss surgery is not covered by insurance. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that your Obesity surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star. http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com Hope this helps.