Open letter to insurance companies regarding mandatory in-office visit weight documentation in an era of COVID-19
Surg Obes Relat Dis
.
2020 Aug;16(8):1165-1166.
doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.05.020.
Epub 2020 May 26.
Authors
Matthew M Hutter
1
,
Shanu N Kothari
2
,
Teresa L LaMasters
3
,
Eric J DeMaria
4
Affiliations
1
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
2
Department of Surgery, Prisma Health, Greenville, South Carolina. Electronic address: Shanu.Kothari@prismahealth.org.
3
UnityPoint Clinic Weight Loss Specialists, West Des Moines, Iowa.
4
Division of General and Bariatric Surgery, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina.
PMID:
32620376
PMCID:
PMC7255233
DOI:
10.1016/j.soard.2020.05.020
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Documentation
Humans
Office Visits*
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
SARS-CoV-2
Weight Loss*