Archive | February, 2010
Blue Cross denial of care update
Last week, we wrote about an arbitrary decision by Blue Cross Blue Shield to remove the designation as a Blue Bariatric Center of Distinction from Wadley hospital here in Texarkana. This was despite the program having that designation for several years, and nothing changing in our program and having no patient deaths or changes in [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield to deny teachers and other groups access to care
21. February 2010
People, This is an urgent message about some unsettling news. Last week Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana was informed by Blue Cross Blue Shield that they were immediately losing their Bariatric Center of Distinction designation, effective Friday February 26. They sent us this notification by email on Friday Feb 12 at 3:12 PM, I’m [...]
You do NOT look anorexic!!
9. February 2010
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard patients worried about their weight loss because somebody told them they look “sick” or “unhealthy”. These concerns can act as real saboteurs – people are afraid to lose the weight they need to because they don’t want to look like they just stepped off the floor [...]
28. February 2010
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