Medicare to start covering fills

[hijabigirl1973 0]

I went to the information seminar tonight at Silver Cross Hospital with Dr. Joyce tonight in Joliet and before I left I asked some questions about Medicare coverage so I thought I'd let you all know the answers.

Ok of course if you can find a surgeon that is at a Center of Excellence and you have a BMI of 40 or over or a BMI of 35-39 with at least one comorbidity then Medicare will pay all but 20%.

I specifically asked about fills b/c everything I have been reading has said that fills are not covered. That's not true as long as the Dr's office bills them correctly. They will cover fills begining 90 days post-op as long as they have the correct billing code.

Then of course the program fee isn't paid for and that varies with each surgeon.

So this was information I was looking for and couldn't really find it and thought I would pass it on to all of you.