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Tufts requires DM before gastric bypass
Former Print Version: Disease Management News, April 25, 2007
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Tufts Health Plan says it has no plans to reconsider a new requirement that bariatric surgery candidates undergo a year in an obesity disease management (DM) program, despite criticism from Massachusetts state officials. The decision by Tufts comes at a time when employers and insurers across the country are struggling with vastly increased demand for gastric bypass, a major procedure with a significant mortality rate.
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