Re: Dr Pories & the ASBS/ins. com. chairperson

[Guest guest]

HEY GANG!!! GUESS WHO IS THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR??????

i got this straight from the asbs site.

INSURANCE COMMITTEE

Chair - J. Welker, M.D.

>

> Dear Melinda,

>

> I do know Dr. Pories. He is our president elect and will take

> office in June of next year. Is this letter posted somewhere?

>

> There are states that have enacted laws making it mandatory to

> cover bariatric surgery however in the case of Indiana, their

> requirements are so stringent that it is rare that anyone can

> \meet the criteria. I believe one of the things they require is

that

> the person has documentation that they have been under a

> medically supervised diet for 18 months!

>

> I am forwarding your e-mail to the chair of our insurance

> committee.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> ann

[Guest guest]

Okay..call me clueless but...what is the significance of that? (Dr. Welker)

--I'm very blond

Nahodil

Woodbridge, VA

Pre-Op Dr. Elariny

Fairfax INOVA Hospital

BPD/DS Part 1 Version 1

Date: TBA

Re: Dr Pories & the ASBS/ins. com. chairperson

HEY GANG!!! GUESS WHO IS THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR??????

i got this straight from the asbs site.

INSURANCE COMMITTEE

Chair - J. Welker, M.D.

>

> Dear Melinda,

>

> I do know Dr. Pories. He is our president elect and will take

> office in June of next year. Is this letter posted somewhere?

>

> There are states that have enacted laws making it mandatory to

> cover bariatric surgery however in the case of Indiana, their

> requirements are so stringent that it is rare that anyone can

> \meet the criteria. I believe one of the things they require is

that

> the person has documentation that they have been under a

> medically supervised diet for 18 months!

>

> I am forwarding your e-mail to the chair of our insurance

> committee.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> ann

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[Guest guest]

dr welker is a " good guy " . he does the ds. he's on OUR side.

> >

> > Dear Melinda,

> >

> > I do know Dr. Pories. He is our president elect and will take

> > office in June of next year. Is this letter posted somewhere?

> >

> > There are states that have enacted laws making it mandatory to

> > cover bariatric surgery however in the case of Indiana, their

> > requirements are so stringent that it is rare that anyone can

> > \meet the criteria. I believe one of the things they require is

> that

> > the person has documentation that they have been under a

> > medically supervised diet for 18 months!

> >

> > I am forwarding your e-mail to the chair of our insurance

> > committee.

> >

> > Sincerely,

> >

> > ann

>

>

> --------------------------------------------------------------------

--

>

[Guest guest]

INSURANCE COMMITTEE

Chair - J. Welker, M.D.>>>>>>

well, glory be!!!!!!! that is wondeful news for a surgeon who is so

deserving of this and more!!!!!

Judie

Re: Dr Pories & the ASBS/ins. com. chairperson

> HEY GANG!!! GUESS WHO IS THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR??????

> i got this straight from the asbs site.

>

>

>

> INSURANCE COMMITTEE

>

> Chair - J. Welker, M.D.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> >

> > Dear Melinda,

> >

> > I do know Dr. Pories. He is our president elect and will take

> > office in June of next year. Is this letter posted somewhere?

> >

> > There are states that have enacted laws making it mandatory to

> > cover bariatric surgery however in the case of Indiana, their

> > requirements are so stringent that it is rare that anyone can

> > \meet the criteria. I believe one of the things they require is

> that

> > the person has documentation that they have been under a

> > medically supervised diet for 18 months!

> >

> > I am forwarding your e-mail to the chair of our insurance

> > committee.

> >

> > Sincerely,

> >

> > ann

>

>

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

Because his procedure of choice is the DS!

Walter Lindstrom, Jr., Esquire

Obesity Law & Advocacy Center

www.obesitylaw.com

2939 Alta View Drive, Suite O-360

San Diego, CA 92139

Tel:

Fax:

Re: Dr Pories & the ASBS/ins. com. chairperson

>

> HEY GANG!!! GUESS WHO IS THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR??????

> i got this straight from the asbs site.

>

>

>

> INSURANCE COMMITTEE

>

> Chair - J. Welker, M.D.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> >

> > Dear Melinda,

> >

> > I do know Dr. Pories. He is our president elect and will take

> > office in June of next year. Is this letter posted somewhere?

> >

> > There are states that have enacted laws making it mandatory to

> > cover bariatric surgery however in the case of Indiana, their

> > requirements are so stringent that it is rare that anyone can

> > \meet the criteria. I believe one of the things they require is

> that

> > the person has documentation that they have been under a

> > medically supervised diet for 18 months!

> >

> > I am forwarding your e-mail to the chair of our insurance

> > committee.

> >

> > Sincerely,

> >

> > ann

>

>

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

Good point Walter. I hadn't thought of that one.

Once I asked him why there aren't more doc's doing both

procedures and his candid answer was 'they are too lazy to

learn'.

Further, he told me that he himself only does the R-n-y if the

patient adamently demands it or possibly in rare instances

where the BPD/DS is not indicated.

Dr. Welker has proven himself not only to be a pro at dealing with

reluctant insurance companies, his experience in dealing with

them is mostly in getting approval for patients having the

BPD/DS. A lot of people refer to him as 'The Wizard' because of

how successful he has been in getting insurance approval for

his patients.

gobo

DS/pre-op

Sched. 7/9/01

Dr.

> Because his procedure of choice is the DS!

> Walter Lindstrom, Jr., Esquire

> Obesity Law & Advocacy Center

> www.obesitylaw.com

> 2939 Alta View Drive, Suite O-360

> San Diego, CA 92139

> Tel:

> Fax:

> Re: Dr Pories & the ASBS/ins.

com. chairperson

> >

> > HEY GANG!!! GUESS WHO IS THE INSURANCE

COMMITTEE CHAIR??????

> > i got this straight from the asbs site.

> >

> >

> >

> > INSURANCE COMMITTEE

> >

> > Chair - J. Welker, M.D.