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Trends in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Reimbursement in the USA

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Funding

This study was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIDDK P30 DK040561 and L30 DK118710).

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  1. Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Anthony Zhong & Fatima Cody Stanford

  2. Harvard University, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Simar S. Bajaj

  3. Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 222 Richmond Street, Providence, RI, 02903, USA

    Mihir Khunte & Nhu Dang

  4. Department of Medicine-Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics-Division of Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 50 Staniford Street, 50 Staniford Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Fatima Cody Stanford

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Key Points

• This study examines U.S. reimbursement trends for bariatric surgery from 2010 to 2022.

• All procedures experienced a double-digit decrease in reimbursement.

• The most common procedure, the sleeve gastrectomy, exhibited a decrease of 32.8%.

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Zhong, A., Bajaj, S.S., Khunte, M. et al. Trends in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Reimbursement in the USA. OBES SURG 32, 4110–4112 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-06329-w

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