Does anyone know of a great hosipital or clinic in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that excepts medicare for the Lap-Band surgery? I live in Austin, Texas, but no hospital are taking Medicare. Thank you for anyone who can help.

I was having surgery around the end of April and found out today Medicare will now only pay for surgeries at State Of Excellence Hospitals. Most of these hospitals have surgeons who do not accept Medicare, so I wish you lots of luck in finding one. In order to qualify to be State Of Excellence you have to have a neonatal intensive care unit, perform open heart surgery, etc. This ruling just came out. I am now going self-pay. It just isn't worth the hassle, besides which the fact that by the time they get around to doing anything Medicare is passing a law you have to be under 65 to have the surgery done. Sorry I don't have better news for you. Just remember your dr. has to operate at a "super hospital" not just a good hospital.

Look at Dr. Jayaseelan's website http://texaslapbandcenter.com

He is located next to Medical City Dallas.

He does lots of lapbands and is well respected. M

jbandy look under general lapband discussion. I posted a link for medicare patients that I found today. There are several hospitals in Texas on the list. M