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Professional Liability Groups Reference ASMBS BSCOE Listings
Health Plans Launch Bariatric COE Programs Based on the ASMBS BSCOE Program
Surgical Review Corporation and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Work Together to Evaluate Surgeons
Data from the Application Database Provides Insight into Bariatric Surgery
Surgical Review Corporation Provides BSCOE Informational Teleconferences and Online Bold™ Training Sessions
LeapFrog Survey Gives Credit to Hospitals Participating in BOLD™
In the News ... Health Plan Bariatric Surgery Policies
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Professional Liability Groups Reference ASMBS BSCOE Listings
Professional liability groups across the country are using the the ASMBS BSCOE designation listings when evaluating insurance rates. Programs that adhere to the standards required by the BSCOE program help to establish best practices for patient care and are an indicator of better risk.
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Health Plans Launch Bariatric COE Programs Based on the ASMBS BSCOE Program
Over 245 million health plan members are impacted by the ASMBS BSCOE program. Health plans across the country base their bariatric centers of excellence facility and surgeon selection on the ASMBS BSCOE designation.
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Surgical Review Corporation and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Work Together to Evaluate Surgeons
SRC and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association are working together to consolidate evaluation of bariatric hospitals and surgeons.
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Data from the Application Database Provides Insight into Bariatric Surgery
The BSCOE application database was not developed to address research questions or conduct extensive or data analysis, but a snapshot of the data reveals some noteworthy information about bariatric surgery.
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Surgical Review Corporation Provides BSCOE Informational Teleconferences and Online Bold™ Training Sessions
Teleconferences provide assistance to bariatric surgery programs seeking to meet the requirements for initial application or renewal as a BSCOE. Online training helps BSCOE programs and their staff navigate BOLD.
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LeapFrog Survey Gives Credit to Hospitals Participating in BOLD™
The LeapFrog Group has added Surgical Review Corporation’s Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database™ (BOLD™) as a national performance measurement entity for bariatric surgery in the 2008 Hospital Quality and Safety Survey.
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In the News ... Health Plan Bariatric Surgery Policies
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Aetna have made recent changes to their policies and guidelines related to bariatric surgery.
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Upcoming SRC Research Forums
Date and Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
April 10, 2008 -
11:30 a.m. ET |
Cost Analysis of Bariatric Surgery |
Dr. Eric Finklestein Research Triangle Institute |
May 15, 2008 -
12:00 p.m. ET |
Using Multi-Media Technology for Bariatric Surgery Patient Education and Informed Consent |
Eran Kabakov
Info-Surge
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Meet SRC at events across the country:
SRC staff spends extensive time meeting with industry leaders to build clinician and industry sup-port of the ASMBS BSCOE and the SRC International BSCOE programs. We work to negotiate standardization of outcomes criteria, encourage payor coverage of bariatric surgery and communicate the value of bariatric surgery.
Look for us at these upcoming conferences:
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