A.M.A. Passes Resolution Calling for Greater Patient Access to Evidence-Based Treatments for Obesity
The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) believes passage of the "Patient Access to Evidence-Based Obesity Services" resolution by the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician group, will help in the fight to improve patient access to evidence-based obesity treatments including intensive behavioral counseling, FDA-approved obesity drugs and bariatric and metabolic surgery.
Currently, only 22 of 50 states have bariatric surgery listed as a covered benefit within the Affordable Care Act…