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Walter Lindstrom's Bariatric Insurance Blog

A blog by Walter Lindstrom in General

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About this blog

It's been TWENTY-FOUR YEARS (OMG!) since my gastric bypass and 22 years helping folks improve their health and quality of life. Truly a privilege whenever we get the chance to help! 

 

Forgive me if I'm going about this the wrong way but I wanted to use this space to be sure this wonderful community is aware of recent Blog entries that I post I on Walter's Bariatric Surgery Insurance Blog.  Hopefully the information is useful.

Of course I invite anyone with questions about their insurance situation to call our office, chat with the amazing Kelley Brown Lindstrom, and see if we can help. 

Our toll free # is 877-992-7732

 

 

Entries in this blog

Please support National Obesity Care Week!

I am excited to announce our participation in the 5th Annual National Obesity Care Week (NOCW) which takes place September 15th to 21st and I am honored that our office is considered a Champion supporting this powerful national awareness campaign dedicated to making sure access to comprehensive obesity care is available for anyone affected by obesity. Today, more than 93 million adult Americans are living with obesity. Many do not know obesity is a disease and that their healthcare provider can 

How Can Insurance Benefits For Bariatric Surgery Be Obtained After a Denial

I was recently honored to be asked to contribute to the January 2019 Special Report entitled Heavy Liabilities: Obesity, Weight Control, and Treatment Risks for Medical Law Perspectives, a publication intended to help attorneys, physicians, insurers, employers, risk managers, diet drug manufacturers, and patients who want to better understand medical-legal issues that may arise in connection with the treatment of obesity or other weight-related conditions.   My topic was "How Can Insurance

BIG NEWS! Several insurers are REMOVING supervised diet requirements

YOU MUST READ THIS if . . . Your health coverage comes from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Texas, Montana, New Mexico or Oklahoma in 2019! (And probably should read it even if you're not!) Why? Those 5 companies are part of HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION (HCSC) and they are making a major change which affects anyone insured by them in 2019 who is considering having bariatric surgery. The HCSC Bariatric Surgery Medical Policy no. SURG716.003 is going to become effective February

Spooky Halloween Tales from the Darkside of Bariatric Surgery Appeals

The ghouls and goblins don't just knock on your door yelling "Trick Or Treat"!  They sometimes reside in the so-called "Customer Service" departments of health insurers, proving on a daily basis that they are not interested in their Customers and not usually capable of providing Service.    We thought some of these stories, and we have oodles of them, made for an appropriately ghastly Halloween blog.  Make sure you read all the way to the end so you can see what the Devil has

Three takeaways coming from beating CIGNA and winning another bariatric surgery appeal

Whether you’re reading this as the patient who needs bariatric surgery, someone who loves that patient, or the provider committed to caring for the patient, there are at least three important lessons coming out of this experience that should be taken away for future benefit. Three takeaways coming from beating CIGNA and winning another bariatric surgery appeal

It's August! Did your bariatric surgery coverage change in July?

Too often we see this at this time of year:  a person who had coverage in January finds out he or she lost it when their employer renewed its insurance with a new company.  While this may happen at the end of December for many plans, there are one helluva lot of employee plans which changed in July.  Please CLICK HERE to learn more about this

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