Education on healthy eating habits is a crucial part of successful weight loss surgery. We strongly believe that adequate preoperative education, support by a dietician during the early postoperative period, and timely dietician advice during later years is of utmost importance for achieving adequate weight loss and maintaining it for years to come.
Our dietary education and requirements are based on the highest standards with the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and are essential for your success with bariatric surgery.
We are pleased to offer the pre-operative dietician package to you at NO UP FRONT COST. These classes can now be done at your own pace at home. This arrangement is for all bariatric surgery patients.
Prior to your first appointment with the dietician, please contact your insurance company to find out if the individual office telehealth and video education series is a covered benefit under your plan.
The codes the insurance company may ask for are:
1 – Initial telehealth 1- hour assessment/consultation -7802-95, Commercial & Medicare insurance or 97802-GT Medicaid insurance
2 – Video series education classes
Saint Agnes Healthcare will bill your insurance company for each visit. Any copays, co-insurance, or non-covered services will then be billed to you by Saint Agnes Healthcare. If the dietician services are not covered by your insurance plan, you will be responsible for a charge which is mandated by our contractual agreements. We will extend any allowable possible discounts to self-pay patients and insured patients without coverage of bariatric dietician services and provide you with proof of necessary medical service should you have FLEX or HSA.
