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Volume 3, Issue 12, Page 2 (December 2008)


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Bariatric Surgery Cut Point Remains BMI Over 35

JOYCE FRIEDEN (Publication Editor)

Medicare will not cover bariatric surgery for beneficiaries who have type 2 diabetes but do not have a body mass index greater than 35 kg/m2, according to a proposed decision memo issued last month.

PII: S1558-0164(08)70427-9

doi:10.1016/S1558-0164(08)70427-9


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